- Commit
- 9fe987d37b06c6b53dd90fb55aad4a29be970845
- Parent
- 6aaa81947c1e2a33519bab04a7c960a41253b7fd
- Author
- Pablo <pablo-pie@riseup.net>
- Date
Minor tweak in language
Made some sentences less convoluted
My M2 Memoire on mapping class groups & their representations
Minor tweak in language
Made some sentences less convoluted
1 file changed, 8 insertions, 10 deletions
Status | File Name | N° Changes | Insertions | Deletions |
Modified | sections/twists.tex | 18 | 8 | 10 |
diff --git a/sections/twists.tex b/sections/twists.tex @@ -87,11 +87,10 @@ bitorus \(S_2\). \begin{definition} Given a simple closed curve \(\alpha \subset S\), fix a closed annular neighborhood \(A \subset S\) of \(\alpha\) -- i.e. \(A \cong \mathbb{S}^1 - \times [0, 1]\). Let \(f \in \Mod(A) \cong \Mod(\mathbb{S}^1 \times [0, 1])\) - be as in Example~\ref{ex:mcg-annulus}. The \emph{Dehn twist \(\tau_\alpha \in - \Mod(S)\) about \(\alpha\)} is defined as the image of the generator \(f \in - \Mod(A) \cong \mathbb{Z}\) under the inclusion homomorphism \(\Mod(A) \to - \Mod(S)\). + \times [0, 1]\). Let \(f \in \Mod(A) \cong \Mod(\mathbb{S}^1 \times [0, 1]) + \cong \mathbb{Z}\) be the generator from Example~\ref{ex:mcg-annulus}. The + \emph{Dehn twist \(\tau_\alpha \in \Mod(S)\) about \(\alpha\)} is defined as + the image of \(f\) under the inclusion homomorphism \(\Mod(A) \to \Mod(S)\). \end{definition} \begin{figure}[ht] @@ -112,11 +111,10 @@ classes that permute the punctures of \(S\). Given an arc \(\alpha \subset S\) joining two punctures in the interior of \(S\), fix a closed neighborhood \(D \subset S\) of \(\alpha\) with \(D \cong \mathbb{D}^2 \setminus \{-\sfrac{1}{2}, \sfrac{1}{2}\}\). Let \(f \in - \Mod(\mathbb{S}^1 \times [0, 1]) \cong \Mod(D)\) be as in - Example~\ref{ex:mcg-twice-punctured-disk}. The \emph{half-twist \(h_\alpha - \in \Mod(S)\) about \(\alpha\)} is defined as the image of the generator \(f - \in \Mod(D) \cong \mathbb{Z}\) under the inclusion homomorphism \(\Mod(D) \to - \Mod(S)\). + \Mod(\mathbb{S}^1 \times [0, 1]) \cong \Mod(D) \cong \mathbb{Z}\) be the + generator from Example~\ref{ex:mcg-twice-punctured-disk}. The + \emph{half-twist \(h_\alpha \in \Mod(S)\) about \(\alpha\)} is defined as the + image of \(f\) under the inclusion homomorphism \(\Mod(D) \to \Mod(S)\). \end{definition} It is interesting to study how the geometry of two curves affects the