A finite presentation of the mapping class group of a punctured surface

Authors
Gervais, S
Citation
S. Gervais, A finite presentation of the mapping class group of a punctured surface, TOPOLOGY, 40(4), 2001, pp. 703-725
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics
Journal title
TOPOLOGY
ISSN journal
00409383 → ACNP
Volume
40
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
703 - 725
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-9383(200107)40:4<703:AFPOTM>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
We give a finite presentation of the mapping class group of an oriented (po ssibly bounded) surface of genus greater or equal than 1, considering Dehn twists on a very simple set of curves. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All r ights reserved.