Mathematics – Geometric Topology
Scientific paper
2008-11-28
Mathematics
Geometric Topology
6 pages, 1 figure; a few revisions; to appear in Proc. Amer. Math. Soc
Scientific paper
For some $g \geq 3$, let $\Gamma$ be a finite index subgroup of the mapping class group of a genus $g$ surface (possibly with boundary components and punctures). An old conjecture of Ivanov says that the abelianization of $\Gamma$ should be finite. In this note, we prove two theorems supporting this conjecture. For the first, let $T_x$ denote the Dehn twist about a simple closed curve $x$. For some $n \geq 1$, we have $T_x^n \in \Gamma$. We prove that $T_x^n$ is torsion in the abelianization of $\Gamma$. Our second result shows that the abelianization of $\Gamma$ is finite if $\Gamma$ contains a "large chunk" (in a certain technical sense) of the Johnson kernel, that is, the subgroup of the mapping class group generated by twists about separating curves. This generalizes work of Hain and Boggi.
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