Normal generators of Torelli groups

arXiv2302.11673MaRDI QIDQ6427331FDOQ6427331

Publication date: 22 February 2023

Abstract: Johnson showed that the genus 1 bounding pair maps generate the Torelli group of a surface when its genus is at least 3. We show that this generalizes: apart from straightforward exceptions, the bounding pair maps of any fixed genus also generate the Torelli group. We give some applications of this result to normal subgroups of mapping class groups acting on curve complexes.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Group actions on manifolds and cell complexes in low dimensions (57M60) Fundamental groups and their automorphisms (group-theoretic aspects) (20F34) 2-dimensional topology (including mapping class groups of surfaces, Teichmüller theory, curve complexes, etc.) (57K20)

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