All finite groups are involved in the Mapping Class Group
Geometric Topology
2014-11-11 v4
Abstract
Let denote the orientation-preserving Mapping Class Group of the genus closed orientable surface. In this paper we show that for fixed , every finite group occurs as a quotient of a finite index subgroup of .
Cite
@article{arxiv.1106.4261,
title = {All finite groups are involved in the Mapping Class Group},
author = {Gregor Masbaum and Alan W. Reid},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.4261},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
This is the final version submitted to Geometry & Topology, and is almost identical with the published paper