On Generators of the Mapping Class Group of a Nonorientable Surface
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چکیده
A nite set of generators for the mapping class group of a punctured nonorientable surface is given. When the surface has at least two punctures, up to conjugates there are four generators; a Dehn twist about a two-sided nonseparating simple closed curve, a crosscap slide, a boundary slide and an elementary braid.
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