Mathematics – Geometric Topology
Scientific paper
2007-01-04
Mathematics
Geometric Topology
21 pages, 4 figures. The proof of Theorem 1 has been shortened and Theorem 2 has been significantly strengthened
Scientific paper
The mapping class group of a Heegaard splitting is the group of automorphisms
of the ambient 3-manifold that take the surface onto itself, modulo isotopies
that keep the surface on itself. We characterize the mapping classes that
restrict to periodic and reducible automorphisms of the surface.
Johnson Jesse
Rubinstein Hyam
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