Big mapping class groups: an overview
Abstract
We survey recent developments on mapping class groups of surfaces of infinite topological type.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- March 2020
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.2003.07950
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2003.07950
- Bibcode:
- 2020arXiv200307950A
- Keywords:
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- Mathematics - Geometric Topology;
- Mathematics - Group Theory
- E-Print:
- v3: Proposition 4.12---as numbered in v2---was false and has been deleted in this version. v2: added cover image (illustration by Juan Pablo D\'iaz Gonz\'alez), fixed typos, corrected/added references, rectified imprecisions. v1: To appear as a chapter in the forthcoming volume "In the tradition of Thurston". Comments welcome!