On a question of Brendle and Benson

arXivmath/0307146MaRDI QIDQ6473004FDOQ6473004

Authors: Mustafa Ç. Korkmaz 

Publication date: 10 July 2003

Abstract: In this note we prove that there is no constant $C$, depending on the genus of the surface, such that every element in the mapping class group can be written as a product of at most $C$ torsion elements, answering a question of T. E. Brendle and B. Farb in the negative.

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