English

Homeomorphisms and the homology of non-orientable surfaces

General Topology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We show that, for a closed non-orientable surface FF, an automorphism of H1(F,Z)H_1(F,\Z) is induced by a homeomorphism of FF if and only if it preserves the (mod 2) intersection pairing. We shall also prove the corresponding result for punctured surfaces.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.math/0607693,
  title  = {Homeomorphisms and the homology of non-orientable surfaces},
  author = {Siddhartha Gadgil and Dishant Pancholi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0607693},
  year   = {2007}
}