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- Pablo <pablo-pie@riseup.net>
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Changed the notation for the complex of curves
Now we call it the "graph of curves"
My M2 Memoire on mapping class groups & their representations
Changed the notation for the complex of curves
Now we call it the "graph of curves"
1 file changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
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Modified | sections/twists.tex | 16 | 8 | 8 |
diff --git a/sections/twists.tex b/sections/twists.tex @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ A perhaps less obvious fact about Dehn twists is\dots The proof of Theorem~\ref{thm:mcg-is-fg} is simple in nature: we proceed by indution in \(g\) and \(r\). On the other hand, the indutction steps are somewhat involved and require two ingrediantes we have not encountered so far, -namely the \emph{Birman exact sequence} and the \emph{modified complex of +namely the \emph{Birman exact sequence} and the \emph{modified graph of curves}. \section{The Birman Exact Sequence} @@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ show\dots \label{fig:push-map} \end{figure} -\section{The Modified Complex of Curves} +\section{The Modified Graph of Curves} Having established Theorem~\ref{thm:birman-exact-seq}, we now need to adress the induction step in the genus \(g\) of \(S_{g, r}^b\). Our strategy is to @@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ We are interested, of course, in the group \(G = \PMod(S_{g, r}^b)\). As for the graph \(\Gamma\), we consider\dots \begin{definition} - The \emph{modified complex of nonseparating curves \(\hat{\mathcal{N}}(S)\) + The \emph{modified graph of nonseparating curves \(\hat{\mathcal{N}}(S)\) of a surface \(S\)} is the graph whose vertices are (un-oriented) isotopy classes of nonseparating simple closed curves in \(S\) and \[ @@ -322,18 +322,18 @@ It is clear from Lemma~\ref{thm:change-of-coordinates} that the actions of \}\) are both transitive. But why should \(\hat{\mathcal{N}}(S_{g, r}^b)\) be connected? -Historically, the modified complex of nonseparating curves first arised as a +Historically, the modified graph of nonseparating curves first arised as a \emph{modified} version of another graph of curves, known as\dots \begin{definition} - Given a surface \(S\), the \emph{complex of curves \(\mathcal{C}(S)\) of + Given a surface \(S\), the \emph{graph of curves \(\mathcal{C}(S)\) of \(S\)} is the graph whose vertices are (un-oriented) isotopy classes of essential simple closed curves in \(S\) and \[ \text{\([\alpha]\) --- \([\beta]\) in \(\mathcal{C}(S)\)} \iff \#(\alpha \cap \beta) = 0. \] - The \emph{complex of nonseparating curves \(\mathcal{N}(S)\)} is the subgraph + The \emph{graph of nonseparating curves \(\mathcal{N}(S)\)} is the subgraph of \(\mathcal{C}(S)\) whose vertices consist of nonseparating curves. \end{definition} @@ -351,13 +351,13 @@ find a path \([\alpha] = [\alpha_1] \text{---} \cdots \text{---} [\alpha_n] = [\beta]\) in \(\mathcal{C}(S_{g, r})\). Now if \(\alpha\) and \(\beta\) are nonseparating, by inductively adjusting this path we then get\dots -\begin{corollary}\label{thm:mofied-complex-is-connected} +\begin{corollary}\label{thm:mofied-graph-is-connected} If \(g \ge 2\) then both \(\mathcal{N}(S_{g, r})\) and \(\hat{\mathcal{N}}(S_{g, r})\) are connected. \end{corollary} See \cite[Section~4.1]{farb-margalit} for a proof of -Corollary~\ref{thm:mofied-complex-is-connected}. We are now ready to show +Corollary~\ref{thm:mofied-graph-is-connected}. We are now ready to show Theorem~\ref{thm:mcg-is-fg}. \begin{proof}[Proof of Theorem~\ref{thm:mcg-is-fg}]