Asymptotic linearity of the mapping class group and a homological version of the Nielsen-Thurston classification

DOI10.1007/s10711-011-9587-yzbMath1241.57003arXiv0902.2810OpenAlexW1979041327MaRDI QIDQ658526

Thomas Koberda

Publication date: 12 January 2012

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0902.2810

zbMATH Keywords

mapping class groupsbraid groupautomorphisms of free groupsNielsen-Thurston classification representations of mapping class groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Covering spaces and low-dimensional topology (57M10) General low-dimensional topology (57M99)

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