The proper geometric dimension of the mapping class group

DOI10.2140/AGT.2014.14.217MaRDI QIDQ384650zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Javier Aramayona, Conchita Martínez-Pérez

Publication date 28 November 2013

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1302.4238

zbMATH Keywords

mapping class groupscohomological dimensionclassifying space for proper actions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric group theory (20F65) Homological methods in group theory (20J05) Topological methods in group theory (57M07) Fundamental groups and their automorphisms (group-theoretic aspects) (20F34)

Abstract: We show that the mapping class group of a closed surface admits a cocompact classifying space for proper actions of dimension equal to its virtual cohomological dimension.

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