Groups Generated by Powers of Dehn Twists
Geometric Topology
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We classify groups generated by powers of 2 Dehn twists which are 1) free or 2) have no ``unexpected'' reducible elements. We give some sufficient conditions in the case of groups generated by powers of more than two twists.
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@article{arxiv.math/9809155,
title = {Groups Generated by Powers of Dehn Twists},
author = {Hessam Hamidi-Tehrani},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9809155},
year = {2007}
}
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16 pages