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Extending periodic maps on surfaces over the 4-sphere

Geometric Topology 2022-12-27 v1

Abstract

Let FgF_g be the closed orientable surface of genus gg. We address the problem to extend torsion elements of the mapping class group M(Fg){\mathcal{M}}(F_g) over the 4-sphere S4S^4. Let wgw_g be a torsion element of maximum order in M(Fg){\mathcal{M}}(F_g). Results including: (1) For each gg, wgw_g is periodically extendable over S4S^4 for some non-smooth embedding e:FgS4e: F_g\to S^4, and not periodically extendable over S4S^4 for any smooth embedding e:FgS4e: F_g\to S^4. (2) For each gg, wgw_g is extendable over S4S^4 for some smooth embedding e:FgS4e: F_g\to S^4 if and only if g=4k,4k+3g=4k, 4k+3. (3) Each torsion element of order pp in M(Fg){\mathcal{M}}(F_g) is extendable over S4S^4 for some smooth embedding e:FgS4e: F_g\to S^4 if either (i) p=3mp=3^m and gg is even; or (ii) p=5mp=5^m and g4k+2g\ne 4k+2; or (iii) p=7mp=7^m. Moreover the conditions on gg in (i) and (ii) can not be removed .

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@article{arxiv.2212.13050,
  title  = {Extending periodic maps on surfaces over the 4-sphere},
  author = {Shicheng Wang and Zhongzi Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.13050},
  year   = {2022}
}

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22 pages, 3 figures. To appear in Journal of Topology and Analysis

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