## Duke Mathematical Journal

### Abelian quotients of subgroups of the mapping class group of surfaces

Shigeyuki Morita

#### Article information

Source
Duke Math. J., Volume 70, Number 3 (1993), 699-726.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 20 February 2004

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077290894

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-93-07017-2

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1224104

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
0801.57011

#### Citation

Morita, Shigeyuki. Abelian quotients of subgroups of the mapping class group of surfaces. Duke Math. J. 70 (1993), no. 3, 699--726. doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-93-07017-2. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.dmj/1077290894

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