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A fake Schottky group in Mod(S)

Geometric Topology 2009-05-12 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

We use the classical construction of Schottky groups in hyperbolic geometry to produce non-Schottky subgroups of the mapping class group.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0905.1414,
  title  = {A fake Schottky group in Mod(S)},
  author = {Richard P. Kent and Christopher J. Leininger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0905.1414},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

12 pages, 2 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the fourth Ahlfors-Bers Colloquium

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