Seems like i have some false understanding that need to be fixed. I have check varies sources saying that the mapping class group of a torus is isomorphic to $GL(2,\mathbb Z)$, however my false intuition tells me it should be $SL(2,\mathbb Z)$. Dehn-Lickorish theorem tells us any orientation preserving homeomorphism of a genus $g$ surface can be generated by a product of Dehn twists along 3g-1 curves, in the case of the torus, the curves are the meridian and the preferred longitude. If we consider a homeomorphisms generated by Dehn twists as induced map of linear transformation in the covering space, then MCG($T^2$) should be isomorphic to the group genenrated by $\left[ \begin{array}{cc} 0 & 1 \\ 1 & 1 \end{array} \right]$, $\left[ \begin{array}{cc} 1 & 1 \\ 1 & 0 \end{array} \right]$, where this two matrix corresponds to Dehn twist along meridian and longitude if we compose the matrix with the projection map. But then these two matrices are the generators of $SL(2,\mathbb Z)$, so I thought MCG($T^2$) should be isomorphic to $SL(2,\mathbb Z)$. Could you help me have a look where my understanding went wrong?
2025-01-13 02:39:14.1736735954
Mapping class group of a torus
488 Views Asked by Stupid https://math.techqa.club/user/stupid/detail AtRelated Questions in ALGEBRAIC-TOPOLOGY
- Proper and discontinuous action of a group
- Euler Characteristic of a boundary of a Manifold
- Rank of fundamental groups of open subsets.
- Is it true that Morse function on non-trivial knot has at least 4 critical points?
- What are the exact critera for a CW-complex being a polytope?
- Subspace of a compactly generated space?
- Triangle inequality of hyperbolic metric
- Connect Sum of a connected, compact manifold of dimension n and $S^n$
- Proof of : "Signature of $\mathbb{C}P^{2n}$ is $1$"
- Equality $H^i(K,\mathcal{F}_{|K})=\varinjlim_{U\supset K}H^i(U,\mathcal{F}_{|U})$ for a constructible sheaf
Related Questions in GEOMETRIC-TOPOLOGY
- Does every torus $T\subset S^3$ bounds a solid tours $S^1\times D^2\subset S^3$?
- Maps of discs into surfaces
- Generalized Jordan-Brower separation theorem
- Are PL embeddings homotopic to smooth ones?
- Definition of One-point compactification
- Homotopically trivial $2$-sphere on $3$-manifold
- punctured real projective space
- Labeling the (p,q,r)-pretzel knot with transpositions from S4
- Finiteness of Lusternik-Shnirelman category
- Degree of maps and coverings
Related Questions in MAPPING-CLASS-GROUP
- Centralizers in mapping class groups
- Explicit Dehn twist for $S^n\times S^n$
- Is first homology (with integer coefficients) always a vector space?
- Mapping Class Group of Pants with a Hole
- Mapping class group of $S^1 \times S^1 \times I$
- The monodromy representation $\pi_1(E)\to Mod(F)$
- Mapping class group of a torus
- Surface homeomorphism transitively permutes the boundary curves
- mapping class group of the real projective plane
- Conjugation Classes inside the Orbit of close curve in Hyperbolic Surface under $Mod(S)$
Trending Questions
- Induction on the number of equations
- How to convince a math teacher of this simple and obvious fact?
- Refuting the Anti-Cantor Cranks
- Find $E[XY|Y+Z=1 ]$
- Determine the adjoint of $\tilde Q(x)$ for $\tilde Q(x)u:=(Qu)(x)$ where $Q:U→L^2(Ω,ℝ^d$ is a Hilbert-Schmidt operator and $U$ is a Hilbert space
- Why does this innovative method of subtraction from a third grader always work?
- What are the Implications of having VΩ as a model for a theory?
- How do we know that the number $1$ is not equal to the number $-1$?
- Defining a Galois Field based on primitive element versus polynomial?
- Is computer science a branch of mathematics?
- Can't find the relationship between two columns of numbers. Please Help
- Is there a bijection of $\mathbb{R}^n$ with itself such that the forward map is connected but the inverse is not?
- Identification of a quadrilateral as a trapezoid, rectangle, or square
- A community project: prove (or disprove) that $\sum_{n\geq 1}\frac{\sin(2^n)}{n}$ is convergent
- Alternative way of expressing a quantied statement with "Some"
Popular # Hahtags
real-analysis
calculus
linear-algebra
probability
abstract-algebra
integration
sequences-and-series
combinatorics
general-topology
matrices
functional-analysis
complex-analysis
geometry
group-theory
algebra-precalculus
probability-theory
ordinary-differential-equations
limits
analysis
number-theory
measure-theory
elementary-number-theory
statistics
multivariable-calculus
functions
derivatives
discrete-mathematics
differential-geometry
inequality
trigonometry
Popular Questions
- How many squares actually ARE in this picture? Is this a trick question with no right answer?
- What is the difference between independent and mutually exclusive events?
- Visually stunning math concepts which are easy to explain
- taylor series of $\ln(1+x)$?
- Determine if vectors are linearly independent
- What does it mean to have a determinant equal to zero?
- How to find mean and median from histogram
- Difference between "≈", "≃", and "≅"
- Easy way of memorizing values of sine, cosine, and tangent
- How to calculate the intersection of two planes?
- What does "∈" mean?
- If you roll a fair six sided die twice, what's the probability that you get the same number both times?
- Probability of getting exactly 2 heads in 3 coins tossed with order not important?
- Fourier transform for dummies
- Limit of $(1+ x/n)^n$ when $n$ tends to infinity