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March 2018 Generators for the mapping class group of a nonorientable surface
Susumu Hirose
Kodai Math. J. 41(1): 154-159 (March 2018). DOI: 10.2996/kmj/1521424829

Abstract

We show that Szepietowski's system of generators for the mapping class group of a non-orientable surface is a minimal generating set by Dehn twists and $Y$-homemorphisms.

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Susumu Hirose. "Generators for the mapping class group of a nonorientable surface." Kodai Math. J. 41 (1) 154 - 159, March 2018. https://doi.org/10.2996/kmj/1521424829

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Published: March 2018
First available in Project Euclid: 19 March 2018

zbMATH: 06912406
MathSciNet: MR3777392
Digital Object Identifier: 10.2996/kmj/1521424829

Rights: Copyright © 2018 Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of Mathematics

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