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Pillar switchings and acyclic embedding in mapping class group

Algebraic Topology 2014-01-29 v1

Abstract

The braid group BgB_g is embedded in the ribbon braid group that is defined to be the mapping class group Γ0,(g),1\Gamma_{0,(g),1}. By gluing two copies of surface S0,g+2S_{0,g+2} along g+1g+1 holes, we get surface Sg,1S_{g,1}. A pillar switching is a self-homeomorphism of Sg,1S_{g,1} which switches two pillars of surfaces by 180180{}^\circ horizontal rotation. We analyze the actions of pillar switchings on π1Sg,1\pi_1 S_{g,1} and then give concrete expressions of pillar switchings in terms of standard Dehn twists. The map ψ:BgΓg,1\psi: B_g \rightarrow \Gamma_{g,1} sending the generators of BgB_g to pillar switchings on Sg,1S_{g,1} is defined by extending the embedding BgΓ0,(g+1),1B_g \hookrightarrow \Gamma_{0,(g+1),1}. We show that this map is injective by analyzing the actions of pillar switchings on π1Sg,1\pi_1 S_{g,1}. The second part of this paper is to prove that this map induces a trivial homology homomorphism in the stable range. For the proof we use the categorical delooping. We construct a suitable monoidal 2-functor from tile category to surface category and show that this functor thus induces a map of double loop spaces.

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@article{arxiv.1202.3222,
  title  = {Pillar switchings and acyclic embedding in mapping class group},
  author = {Chan-Seok Jeong and Yongjin Song},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1202.3222},
  year   = {2014}
}

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arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1005.1300 by other authors

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