On the surjectivity of the Symplectic representation of the mapping class group

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Autori principali: Baik, Hyungryul, Choi, Inhyeok, Kim, Dongryul M.
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author Baik, Hyungryul
Choi, Inhyeok
Kim, Dongryul M.
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Choi, Inhyeok
Kim, Dongryul M.
contents In this note, we study the symplectic representation of the mapping class group. In particular, we discuss the surjecivity of the representation restricted to certain mapping classes. It is well-known that the representation itself is surjective. In fact the representation is still surjective after restricting on pseudo-Anosov mapping classes. However, we show that the surjectivity does not hold when the representation is restricted on orientable pseudo-Anosovs, even after reducing its codomain to integer symplectic matrices with a bi-Perron leading eigenvalue. In order to prove the non-surjectivity, we explicitly construct an infinite family of symplectic matrices with a bi-Perron leading eigenvalue which cannot be obtained as the symplectic representation of an orientable pseudo-Anosov mapping class.
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spellingShingle On the surjectivity of the Symplectic representation of the mapping class group
Baik, Hyungryul
Choi, Inhyeok
Kim, Dongryul M.
Geometric Topology
Group Theory
In this note, we study the symplectic representation of the mapping class group. In particular, we discuss the surjecivity of the representation restricted to certain mapping classes. It is well-known that the representation itself is surjective. In fact the representation is still surjective after restricting on pseudo-Anosov mapping classes. However, we show that the surjectivity does not hold when the representation is restricted on orientable pseudo-Anosovs, even after reducing its codomain to integer symplectic matrices with a bi-Perron leading eigenvalue. In order to prove the non-surjectivity, we explicitly construct an infinite family of symplectic matrices with a bi-Perron leading eigenvalue which cannot be obtained as the symplectic representation of an orientable pseudo-Anosov mapping class.
title On the surjectivity of the Symplectic representation of the mapping class group
topic Geometric Topology
Group Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.10142