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A normal generating set for the Torelli group of a non-orientable closed surface

Geometric Topology 2015-06-19 v2

Abstract

For a closed surface SS, its Torelli group I(S)\mathcal{I}(S) is the subgroup of the mapping class group of SS consisting of elements acting trivially on H1(S;Z)H_1(S;\mathbb{Z}). When SS is orientable, a generating set for I(S)\mathcal{I}(S) is known. In this paper, we give a normal generating set of I(Ng)\mathcal{I}(N_g) for g4g\geq4, where NgN_g is a genus-gg non-orientable closed surface.

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@article{arxiv.1412.2222,
  title  = {A normal generating set for the Torelli group of a non-orientable closed surface},
  author = {Susumu Hirose and Ryoma Kobayashi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.2222},
  year   = {2015}
}

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23 pages, 27 figures