no. 5
Topology
The extended mapping class group is generated by 3 symmetries
[Le groupe modulaire étendu est engendré par 3 symétries]

Présenté par : Étienne Ghys

Stukow, Michał1
1 Institute of Mathematics, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 57, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland
Comptes Rendus. Mathématique, Tome 338 (2004) no. 5, pp. 403-406.

Nous prouvons que pour chaque g⩾1 le groupe modulaire étendu est éngendré par trois involutions qui inversent l'orientation.

We prove that for g⩾1 the extended mapping class group is generated by three orientation reversing involutions.

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DOI : 10.1016/j.crma.2003.12.028
Stukow, Michał 1

1 Institute of Mathematics, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 57, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland 
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