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Roots of crosscap slides and crosscap transpositions

Geometric Topology 2020-09-29 v2

Abstract

Let NgN_{g} denote a closed nonorientable surface of genus gg. For g2g \geq 2 the mapping class group M(Ng)\mathcal{M}(N_{g}) is generated by Dehn twists and one crosscap slide (YY-homeomorphism) or by Dehn twists and a crosscap transposition. Margalit and Schleimer observed that Dehn twists have nontrivial roots. We give necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a root of a crosscap slide and a crosscap transposition.

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@article{arxiv.1601.06096,
  title  = {Roots of crosscap slides and crosscap transpositions},
  author = {Anna Parlak and Michał Stukow},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1601.06096},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

6 pages, 2 figures; revised version