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Groups generated by Dehn Twists along fillings of surfaces

Geometric Topology 2023-07-27 v1

Abstract

Let SgS_g denote a closed oriented surface of genus g2g \geq 2. A set Ω={c1,,cd}\Omega = \{ c_1, \dots, c_d\} of pairwise non-homotopic simple closed curves on SgS_g is called a filling system or simply a filling of SgS_g, if SgΩS_g\setminus \Omega is a union of \ell topological discs for some 1\ell\geq 1. For 1id1\leq i\leq d, let TciT_{c_i} denotes the Dehn twist along cic_i. In this article, we show that for each d2d\geq 2, there exists a filling Ω={c1,c2,,cd}\Omega=\{c_1,c_2,\dots, c_d\} of SgS_g such that the group Tc1,Tc2,,Tcd\langle T_{c_1}, T_{c_2},\dots,T_{c_d}\rangle is isomorphic to the free group of rank dd.

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@article{arxiv.2307.13970,
  title  = {Groups generated by Dehn Twists along fillings of surfaces},
  author = {Rakesh Kumar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.13970},
  year   = {2023}
}