Surface groups inside mapping class groups

DOI10.1016/S0040-9383(97)00104-3MaRDI QIDQ1292669zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors W. J. Harvey, G. González-Diez

Publication date 8 December 1999

Published in Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/s0040-9383(97)00104-3

zbMATH Keywords

fundamental groupmapping class grouporientable surface

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Topological properties of groups of homeomorphisms or diffeomorphisms (57S05)

Review text

The authors prove that for \(g\geq 4\), the mapping class group \(\text{Mod}_g\) contains a subgroup isomorphic to the fundamental group of a closed orientable surface of a genus \(> 2\).

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