The Chillingworth class is a signed stable length

DOI10.2140/AGT.2015.15.1863MaRDI QIDQ498722zbMATHOpenAlexFDO

Authors Ingrid Irmer

Publication date 29 September 2015

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.2537

zbMATH Keywords

mapping class groupJohnson homomorphismTorelli groupcurve complexes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Homological methods in group theory (20J05) General low-dimensional topology (57M99)

Abstract: An orientation is defined on a family of curve graphs on which the Torelli group acts. It is shown that the resulting signed stable length of an element of the Torelli group is a cohomology class. This cohomology class is half the dual of the contraction of the Johnson homomorphism, the socalled "Chillingworth class".

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