Irreducible Sp-representations and subgroup distortion in the mapping class group
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چکیده
We prove that various subgroups of the mapping class group Mod(Σ) of a surface Σ are at least exponentially distorted. Examples include the Torelli group (answering a question of Hamenstädt), the “point-pushing” and surface braid subgroups, and the Lagrangian subgroup. Our techniques include a method to compute lower bounds on distortion via representation theory and an extension of Johnson theory to arbitrary subgroups of H1(Σ;Z).
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