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$E_2$-cells and mapping class groups

Algebraic Topology 2021-02-22 v2

Abstract

We prove a new kind of stabilisation result, "secondary homological stability", for the homology of mapping class groups of orientable surfaces with one boundary component. These results are obtained by constructing CW approximations to the classifying spaces of these groups, in the category of E2E_2-algebras, which have no E2E_2-cells below a certain vanishing line.

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@article{arxiv.1805.07187,
  title  = {$E_2$-cells and mapping class groups},
  author = {Soren Galatius and Alexander Kupers and Oscar Randal-Williams},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1805.07187},
  year   = {2021}
}

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v2: Final version, to appear in Publ. Math. Inst. Hautes \'Etudes Sci

R2 v1 2026-06-23T01:59:54.635Z