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Dehn twists have roots

Geometric Topology 2014-11-11 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

We construct nontrivial roots of Dehn twists about nonseparating curves.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0810.5036,
  title  = {Dehn twists have roots},
  author = {Dan Margalit and Saul Schleimer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0810.5036},
  year   = {2014}
}

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2 pages

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