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On the mapping class group action on the homology of surface covers

Geometric Topology 2024-06-04 v2

Abstract

Let ϕMod(Σ)\phi \in {\rm Mod}(\Sigma) be an arbitrary element of the mapping class group of a closed orientable surface Σ\Sigma of genus at least 22. For any characteristic cover Σ~Σ\widetilde{\Sigma} \to \Sigma one can consider the linear subspace H1f.o.(Σ~,Q)ϕH1(Σ~,Q){\rm H}_1^{f.o.}(\widetilde{\Sigma}, \mathbb{Q})^\phi \subseteq {\rm H}_1(\widetilde{\Sigma}, \mathbb{Q}) consisting of all homology classes with finite ϕ\phi-orbit. We prove that dimH1f.o.(Σ~,Q)ϕ\dim {\rm H}_1^{f.o.}(\widetilde{\Sigma}, \mathbb{Q})^\phi can be arbitrary large for any fixed ϕMod(Σ)\phi \in {\rm Mod}(\Sigma).

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2403.16322,
  title  = {On the mapping class group action on the homology of surface covers},
  author = {Igor Spiridonov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.16322},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

11 pages, 2 figures, minor corrections