Big mapping class groups: an overview
Geometric Topology
2024-03-11 v3 Group Theory
Abstract
We survey recent developments on mapping class groups of surfaces of infinite topological type.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2003.07950,
title = {Big mapping class groups: an overview},
author = {Javier Aramayona and Nicholas G. Vlamis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.07950},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
v3: Proposition 4.12---as numbered in v2---was false and has been deleted in this version. v2: added cover image (illustration by Juan Pablo D\'iaz Gonz\'alez), fixed typos, corrected/added references, rectified imprecisions. v1: To appear as a chapter in the forthcoming volume "In the tradition of Thurston". Comments welcome!