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On spectral sequence for the action of genus 3 Torelli group on the complex of cycles

Geometric Topology 2024-05-21 v2 Algebraic Topology Group Theory

Abstract

The Torelli group of a genus gg oriented surface SgS_g is the subgroup Ig\mathcal{I}_g of the mapping class group Mod(Sg)\mathrm{Mod}(S_g) consisting of all mapping classes that act trivially on the homology of SgS_g. One of the most intriguing open problems concerning Torelli groups is the question of whether the group I3\mathcal{I}_3 is finitely presented or not. A possible approach to this problem relies upon the study of the second homology group of I3\mathcal{I}_3 using the spectral sequence Ep,qrE^r_{p,q} for the action of I3\mathcal{I}_3 on the complex of cycles. In this paper we obtain a partial result towards the conjecture that H2(I3;Z)H_2(\mathcal{I}_3;\mathbb{Z}) is not finitely generated and hence I3\mathcal{I}_3 is not finitely presented. Namely, we prove that the term E0,23E^3_{0,2} of the spectral sequence is infinitely generated, that is, the group E0,21E^1_{0,2} remains infinitely generated after taking quotients by images of the differentials d1d^1 and d2d^2. If one proceeded with the proof that it also remains infinitely generated after taking quotient by the image of d3d^3, he would complete the proof of the fact that I3\mathcal{I}_3 is not finitely presented.

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@article{arxiv.2011.00295,
  title  = {On spectral sequence for the action of genus 3 Torelli group on the complex of cycles},
  author = {Alexander A. Gaifullin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.00295},
  year   = {2024}
}

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60 pages