Roots of crosscap slides and crosscap transpositions
Geometric Topology
2020-09-29 v2
Abstract
Let denote a closed nonorientable surface of genus . For the mapping class group is generated by Dehn twists and one crosscap slide (-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