Crosscap slides and the level 2 mapping class group of a nonorientable surface

DOI10.1007/S10711-011-9674-0zbMATH Open1261.57019arXiv1006.5410OpenAlexW3104634019MaRDI QIDQ715192FDOQ715192

Authors: Błazej Szepietowski 

Publication date: 2 November 2012

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

Abstract: Crosscap slide is a homeomorphism of a nonorientable surface of genus at least 2, which was introduced under the name Y-homeomorphism by Lickorish as an example of an element of the mapping class group which cannot be expressed as a product of Dehn twists. We prove that the subgroup of the mapping class group of a closed nonorientable surface N generated by all crosscap slides is equal to the level 2 subgroup consisting of those mapping classes which act trivially on H_1(N;Z_2). We also prove that this subgroup is generated by involutions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1006.5410

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zbMATH Keywords

mapping class groupnonorientable surfacecrosscap slideY-homeomorphism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Other groups related to topology or analysis (20F38)

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