Mapping Class Groups do not have Kazhdan's Property (T)
Quantum Algebra
2007-06-15 v1 Group Theory
Geometric Topology
Abstract
We prove that the mapping class group of a closed oriented surface of genus at least two does not have Kazhdan's property (T).
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@article{arxiv.0706.2184,
title = {Mapping Class Groups do not have Kazhdan's Property (T)},
author = {Jorgen Ellegaard Andersen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0706.2184},
year = {2007}
}