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Global fixed points of mapping class group actions and a theorem of Markovic

Geometric Topology 2020-03-06 v1 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

We give a short and elementary proof of the non-realizability of the mapping class group via homeomorphisms. This was originally established by Markovic, resolving a conjecture of Thurston. With the tools established in this paper, we also obtain some rigidity results for actions of the mapping class group on Euclidean spaces.

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@article{arxiv.2003.02440,
  title  = {Global fixed points of mapping class group actions and a theorem of Markovic},
  author = {Lei Chen and Nick Salter},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.02440},
  year   = {2020}
}

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14 pages, 7 figures