THE RESHETIKHIN-TURAEV REPRESENTATION OF THE MAPPING CLASS GROUP

1994 ◽  
Vol 03 (04) ◽  
pp. 547-574 ◽  
Author(s):  
GRETCHEN WRIGHT
Keyword(s):  
Mapping Class Group ◽  
Quadratic Forms ◽  
Class Group ◽  
Orientable Surface ◽  
Mapping Class ◽  
Representation Space ◽  
Torelli Group ◽  
Spin Structures ◽  
Basis Vectors

The Reshetikhin-Turaev representation of the mapping class group of an orientable surface is computed explicitly in the case r = 4. It is then shown that the restriction of this representation to the Torelli group is equal to the sum of the Birman-Craggs homomorphisms. The proof makes use of an explicit correspondence between the basis vectors of the representation space, and the Z/2Z-quadratic forms on the first homology of the surface. This result corresponds to the fact, shown by Kirby and Melvin, that the three-manifold invariant when r = 4 is related to spin structures on the associated four-manifold.

scholarly journals The mapping class group orbits in the framings of compact surfaces

2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 1287-1302
Author(s):  
Nariya Kawazumi
Keyword(s):  
Moduli Spaces ◽  
Mapping Class Group ◽  
Quadratic Forms ◽  
London Math ◽  
Class Group ◽  
Mapping Class ◽  
Class Groups ◽  
Spin Structures ◽  
Arf Invariant ◽  
Relative Case

Abstract We compute the mapping class group orbits in the homotopy set of framings of a compact connected oriented surface with non-empty boundary. In the case g≥2, the computation is some modification of Johnson’s results (D. Johnson, Spin structures and quadratic forms on surfaces, J. London Math. Soc. (2)22 (1980), 365–373; D. Johnson, An abelian quotient of the mapping class group ℐg, Math. Ann.249 (1980), 225–242) and certain arguments on the Arf invariant, while we need an extra invariant for the genus 1 case. In addition, we discuss how this invariant behaves in the relative case, which Randal-Williams (O. Randal-Williams, Homology of the moduli spaces and mapping class groups of framed, r-Spin and Pin surfaces, J. Topology7 (2014), 155–186) studied for g≥2.

scholarly journals A lower bound of the distortion of the Torelli group in the mapping class group with boundary components

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (08) ◽  
pp. 1750049
Author(s):  
Erika Kuno ◽  
Genki Omori
Keyword(s):  
Lower Bound ◽  
Mapping Class Group ◽  
Class Group ◽  
Mapping Class ◽  
Torelli Group ◽  
Oriented Surface

We prove that the Torelli group of an oriented surface with any number of boundary components is at least exponentially distorted in the mapping class group by using Broaddus–Farb–Putman’s techniques. Further we show that the distortion of the Torelli group in the level [Formula: see text] mapping class group is the same as that in the mapping class group.

scholarly journals On the Cohomology of the Mapping Class Group of the Punctured Projective Plane

2020 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 539-555
Author(s):  
Miguel A Maldonado ◽  
Miguel A Xicoténcatl
Keyword(s):  
Exact Sequence ◽  
Configuration Space ◽  
Mapping Class Group ◽  
Homotopy Theory ◽  
Class Group ◽  
Orientable Surface ◽  
Configuration Spaces ◽  
Mapping Class ◽  
Serre Spectral Sequence ◽  
Classical Homotopy

Abstract The mapping class group $\Gamma ^k(N_g)$ of a non-orientable surface with punctures is studied via classical homotopy theory of configuration spaces. In particular, we obtain a non-orientable version of the Birman exact sequence. In the case of ${\mathbb{R}} \textrm{P}^2$, we analyze the Serre spectral sequence of a fiber bundle $F_k({\mathbb{R}}{\textrm{P}}^{2}) / \Sigma _k \to X_k \to BSO(3)$ where $X_k$ is a $K(\Gamma ^k({\mathbb{R}} \textrm{P}^2),1)$ and $F_k({\mathbb{R}}{\textrm{P}}^{2}) / \Sigma _k$ denotes the configuration space of unordered $k$-tuples of distinct points in ${\mathbb{R}} \textrm{P}^2$. As a consequence, we express the mod-2 cohomology of $\Gamma ^k({\mathbb{R}} \textrm{P}^2)$ in terms of that of $F_k({\mathbb{R}}{\textrm{P}}^{2}) / \Sigma _k$.

scholarly journals The mapping class group action on -character varieties

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
WILLIAM M. GOLDMAN ◽  
SEAN LAWTON ◽  
EUGENE Z. XIA
Keyword(s):  
Group Action ◽  
Mapping Class Group ◽  
Boundary Component ◽  
Class Group ◽  
Orientable Surface ◽  
Mapping Class ◽  
Character Variety ◽  
Character Varieties ◽  
Compact Orientable Surface

Let $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6F4}$ be a compact orientable surface of genus $g=1$ with $n=1$ boundary component. The mapping class group $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6E4}$ of $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6F4}$ acts on the $\mathsf{SU}(3)$ -character variety of $\unicode[STIX]{x1D6F4}$ . We show that the action is ergodic with respect to the natural symplectic measure on the character variety.

Mapping Class Groups

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leah Childers ◽  
Dan Margalit
Keyword(s):  
Mapping Class Group ◽  
Class Group ◽  
Orientable Surface ◽  
Mapping Class ◽  
Class Groups ◽  
Open Problems ◽  
Dehn Twists ◽  
Group Of Homeomorphisms ◽  
Compact Orientable Surface ◽  
Group Of Symmetries

This chapter considers the mapping class group, the group of symmetries of a surface, and some of its basic properties. It first provides an overview of surfaces and the concept of homeomorphism before giving examples of homeomorphisms and defining the mapping class group as a certain quotient of the group of homeomorphisms of a surface. It then looks at Dehn twists and describes some of the relations they satisfy. It also presents a theorem stating that the mapping class group of a compact orientable surface is generated by Dehn twists and proves it. It concludes with some projects and open problems. The discussion also includes various exercises.

scholarly journals A minimal generating set of the level 2 mapping class group of a non-orientable surface

2014 ◽  
Vol 157 (2) ◽  
pp. 345-355
Author(s):  
SUSUMU HIROSE ◽  
MASATOSHI SATO
Keyword(s):  
Mapping Class Group ◽  
Class Group ◽  
Orientable Surface ◽  
Mapping Class ◽  
Nonorientable Surface ◽  
Generating Set ◽  
Level 2 ◽  
Minimal Generating Set

AbstractWe construct a minimal generating set of the level 2 mapping class group of a nonorientable surface of genus g, and determine its abelianization for g ≥ 4.

scholarly journals The Johnson homomorphism and its kernel

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (735) ◽  
pp. 109-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Putman
Keyword(s):  
Finite Index ◽  
General Result ◽  
Mapping Class Group ◽  
Class Group ◽  
Mapping Class ◽  
Torelli Group ◽  
Finite Index Subgroups

AbstractWe give a new proof of a celebrated theorem of Dennis Johnson that asserts that the kernel of the Johnson homomorphism on the Torelli subgroup of the mapping class group is generated by separating twists. In fact, we prove a more general result that also applies to “subsurface Torelli groups”. Using this, we extend Johnson’s calculation of the rational abelianization of the Torelli group not only to the subsurface Torelli groups, but also to finite-index subgroups of the Torelli group that contain the kernel of the Johnson homomorphism.

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