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The abelianization of a symmetric mapping class group

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2009

MASATOSHI SATO
MASATOSHI SATO*
Affiliation:
Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Komaba, Tokyo, 153-8914, Japan. e-mail: sato@ms.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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Abstract

Let Σg,r be a compact oriented surface of genus g with r boundary components. We determine the abelianization of the symmetric mapping class group (g,r)(p2) of a double unbranched cover p2: Σ2g − 1,2r → Σg,r using the Riemann constant, Schottky theta constant, and the theta multiplier. We also give lower bounds on the order of the abelianizations of the level d mapping class group.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 147 , Issue 2 , September 2009 , pp. 369 - 388
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 2009

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