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Classification of orientable torus bundles over closed orientable surfaces

Geometric Topology 2025-12-29 v6 Algebraic Topology Group Theory

Abstract

Let gg be a non-negative integer, Σg\Sigma _g a closed orientable surface of genus gg, and Mg\mathcal{M}_g its mapping class group. We classify all the group homomorphisms π1(Σg)G\pi _1(\Sigma _g)\to G up to the action of Mg\mathcal{M}_g on π1(Σg)\pi _1(\Sigma _g) in the following cases; (1) G=PSL(2;Z)G=PSL(2;\mathbb{Z}), (2) G=SL(2;Z)G=SL(2;\mathbb{Z}). As an application of the case (2), we completely classify orientable T2T^2-bundles over closed orientable surfaces up to bundle isomorphisms. In particular, we show that any orientable T2T^2-bundle over Σg\Sigma _g with g1g\geq 1 is isomorphic to the fiber connected sum of gg pieces of T2T^2-bundles over T2T^2. Moreover, the classification result in the case (1) can be generalized into the case where GG is the free product of finite number of finite cyclic groups. We also apply it to an extension problem of maps from a closed surface to the connected sum of lens spaces.

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@article{arxiv.2406.14138,
  title  = {Classification of orientable torus bundles over closed orientable surfaces},
  author = {Naohiko Kasuya and Issei Noda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.14138},
  year   = {2025}
}

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37 pages, 12 figures

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