Low-dimensional linear representations of the mapping class group of a nonorientable surface

DOI10.2140/AGT.2014.14.565zbMATH Open1304.57031arXiv1303.1917OpenAlexW3148103181MaRDI QIDQ740547FDOQ740547

Authors: Błazej Szepietowski 

Publication date: 3 September 2014

Published in: Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Suppose that $f$ is a homomorphism from the mapping class group $mathcalM(N_{g,n})$ of a nonorientable surface of genus $g$ with $n$ boundary components, to $mathrmGL(m,mathbbC)$. We prove that if $gge5$, $nle1$ and $mleg-2$, then $f$ factors through the abelianization of $mathcalM(N_{g,n})$, which is $mathbb{Z}_{2}imesmathbb{Z}_2$ for $gin5,6$ and $mathbb{Z}_2$ for $gge7$. If $gge7$, $n=0$ and $m=g-1$, then either $f$ has finite image (of order at most two if $ge8$), or it is conjugate to one of four "homological representations". As an application we prove that for $gge5$ and $h<g$, every homomorphism $mathcalM(N_{g,0})omathcalM(N_{h,0})$ factors through the abelianization of $mathcalM(N_{g,0})$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1303.1917

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zbMATH Keywords

mapping class groupnonorientable surfacelinear representation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Other groups related to topology or analysis (20F38) General low-dimensional topology (57M99)

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