Mapping class factorization via fatgraph Nielsen reduction

zbMATH Open1242.57012arXiv0904.4067MaRDI QIDQ663534FDOQ663534

Authors: Alex James Bene 

Publication date: 17 February 2012

Published in: Osaka Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The mapping class group of a genus $g$ surface $Sigm{a}_{g,1}$ with one boundary component is known to have a simple yet infinite presentation with generators given by elementary moves called Whitehead moves on so-called marked bordered fatgraphs. In this paper, we introduce an algorithm called "fatgraph Nielsen reduction" which, from the action of a mapping class $varphiinM{C}_{g,1}$ of $Sigm{a}_{g,1}$ on the fundamental group $p{i}_1(Sigm{a}_{g,1})$ of $Sigm{a}_{g,1}$, determines a sequence of Whitehead moves representing $varphi$ beginning at any choice of marked bordered fatgraph. As a consequence, this leads to an algorithm which factors any mapping class given by its action on $pi(Sigm{a}_{g,1})$ in terms of a certain generating set for $M{C}_{g,1}$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0904.4067

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zbMATH Keywords

groupoidmapping class groupWhitehead moves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Graphs and abstract algebra (groups, rings, fields, etc.) (05C25) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Moduli of Riemann surfaces, Teichmüller theory (complex-analytic aspects in several variables) (32G15) Cancellation theory of groups; application of van Kampen diagrams (20F06) Fundamental groups and their automorphisms (group-theoretic aspects) (20F34) Other groups related to topology or analysis (20F38) General low-dimensional topology (57M99) Special aspects of infinite or finite groups (20F99)

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