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In the group of polynomial automorphisms of the plane, the conjugacy class of an element is closed if and only if the element is diagonalisable. In this article, we show that this does not hold for the group of special automorphisms, giving…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2016-08-03 Jérémy Blanc

For any infinite-type surface $S$, a natural question is whether the homology of its mapping class group contains any non-trivial classes that are supported on (i) a compact subsurface or (ii) a finite-type subsurface. Our purpose here is…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-09-16 Martin Palmer , Xiaolei Wu

We address the question of determining which mapping class groups of infinite-type surfaces admit nonelementary continuous actions on hyperbolic spaces. More precisely, let $\Sigma$ be a connected, orientable surface of infinite type with…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-05-19 Camille Horbez , Yulan Qing , Kasra Rafi

We survey, and extend, results on the adjoint action of the homeomorphism group $H(X)$ on the space of surjective continuous maps, $C_s(X)$, where $X$ is a Cantor set. We look also at the restriction of the action to various dynamically…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2019-07-30 Ethan Akin

We completely classify the orientable infinite-type surfaces $S$ such that $\operatorname{PMap}(S)$, the pure mapping class group, has automatic continuity. This classification includes surfaces with noncompact boundary. In the case of…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2024-06-17 Ryan Dickmann

For $\Sigma$ an orientable surface of finite topological type having genus at least 3 (possibly closed or possibly with any number of punctures or boundary components), we show that the mapping class group $Mod(\Sigma)$ has no faithful…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2016-10-27 J. O. Button

We prove that every topological conjugation between two germs of singular holomorphic curves in the complex plane is homotopic to another conjugation which extends homeomorphically to the exceptional divisors of their minimal…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2010-04-19 David Marín , Jean-François Mattei

We investigate the problem of when big mapping class groups are generated by involutions. Restricting our attention to the class of self-similar surfaces, which are surfaces with self-similar ends space, as defined by Mann and Rafi, and…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2021-10-25 Justin Malestein , Jing Tao

We show that any isomorphism between mapping class groups of orientable infinite-type surfaces is induced by a homeomorphism between the surfaces. Our argument additionally applies to automorphisms between finite-index subgroups of these…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2018-05-01 Juliette Bavard , Spencer Dowdall , Kasra Rafi

Many results have been established that show how the number of conjugacy classes appearing in the product of classes affect the structure of a finite group. The aim of this paper is to show several results about solvability concerning the…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2024-02-13 Antonio Beltrán , Rachel Deborah Camina , María José Felipe , Carmen Melchor

Let $S$ be an orientable, connected surface with infinitely-generated fundamental group. The main theorem states that if the genus of $S$ is finite and at least 4, then the isomorphism type of the pure mapping class group associated to $S$,…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-12-19 Priyam Patel , Nicholas G. Vlamis

Given a countable group $G$, we initiate a systematic study of the Polish spaces of all minimal and topologically transitive actions of $G$ on the Cantor space by homeomorphisms, with a focus on the existence of comeager conjugacy classes…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2026-04-13 Michal Doucha , Julien Melleray , Todor Tsankov

There are several graphs defined on groups. Among them we consider graphs whose vertex set consists conjugacy classes of a group $G$ and adjacency is defined by properties of the elements of conjugacy classes. In particular, we consider…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2024-03-20 P. J. Cameron , F. E. Jannat , R. K. Nath , R. Sharafdini

All isometries $\sigma$ in a quadratic space over a non-archimedean local field of characteristic not 2 satisfying that any isometry $\tau$ which is conjugate to $\sigma$ in the general linear group is conjugate to $\sigma$ in the…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2026-02-25 Fei Xu , Bo Zhang

In this paper, we derive an asymptotic formula for the number of conjugacy classes of elements in a class of statistically convex-cocompact actions with contracting elements. Denote by $\mathcal C(o, n)$ (resp. $\mathcal C'(o, n)$) the set…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2022-02-17 Ilya Gekhtman , Wen-yuan Yang

A special type of conjugacy classes in symmetric groups is studied and used to answer a question about odd-degree irreducible characters

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2008-12-31 Jorn B. Olsson

We summarize several results about non-simplicity, solvability and normal structure of finite groups related to the number of conjugacy classes appearing in the product or the power of conjugacy classes. We also collect some problems that…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2024-02-14 Antonio Beltrán , María José Felipe , Carmen Melchor

This paper concerns rigidity of the mapping class groups. We show that any homomorphism $\phi:{\rm Mod}_g\to {\rm Mod}_h$ between mapping class groups of closed orientable surfaces with distinct genera $g>h$ is trivial if $g\geq 3$ and has…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2007-05-23 William Harvey , Mustafa Korkmaz

Let $g, n \geq 0$ and $\Sigma = \Sigma_{g, n}$ be a connected oriented surface of genus $g$ with $n$ punctures. The $\mathrm{SL}_2$-character variety of $\Sigma$ has a rigid relative automorphism group, whose elements fix each monodromies…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-08-14 Seong Youn Kim

Let M be a Riemann surface with boundary $\partial M$ and genus greater than zero. Let $\Gamma$ be the mapping class group of M fixing $\partial M$. The group $\Gamma$ acts on ${\mathcal M}_{\mathcal C} = \Hom_{\mathcal…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Joseph P. Previte , Eugene Z. Xia