The Torelli geometry and its applications
The Torelli geometry and its applications
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DOI:
10.4310/mrl.2005.v12.n3.a2
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发表时间:
2003-11
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1
通讯作者:
Benson Farb;N. V. Ivanov
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作者:
Benson Farb;N. V. Ivanov
Let S be a closed orientable surface of genus g. The mapping class group Mod(S) of S is defined as the group of isotopy classes of orientationpreserving diffeomorphisms S → S. We will need also the extended mapping class group Mod±(S) of S which is defined as the group of isotopy classes of all diffeomorphisms S → S. Let us fix an orientation of S. Then the algebraic intersection number provides a nondegenerate, skew-symmetric, bilinear form on H = H1(S,Z), called the intersection form. The natural action of Mod(S) on H preserves the intersection form. If we fix a symplectic basis in H, then we can identify the group of symplectic automorphisms of H with the integral symplectic group Sp(2g,Z) and the action of ModS on H leads to a natural surjective homomorphism