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Mapping class groups of circle bundles over a surface

Geometric Topology 2023-01-16 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

In this paper, we study the algebraic structure of mapping class group Mod(X)Mod(X) of 3-manifolds XX that fiber as a circle bundle over a surface S1XSgS^1\rightarrow X\rightarrow S_g. There is an exact sequence 1H1(Sg)Mod(X)Mod(Sg)11\rightarrow H^1(S_g)\rightarrow Mod(X)\rightarrow Mod(S_g)\rightarrow1. We relate this to the Birman exact sequence and determine when this sequence splits.

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@article{arxiv.2301.05375,
  title  = {Mapping class groups of circle bundles over a surface},
  author = {Lei Chen and Bena Tshishiku},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.05375},
  year   = {2023}
}

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12 pages

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