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arxiv: 0911.5080 · v2 · submitted 2009-11-26 · 🧮 math.GT · math.GR

Generating the mapping class group by torsion elements of small order

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We show that the mapping class group of a closed oriented surface of genus at least three is generated by 3 elements of order 3 and by 4 elements of order 4. Note that the mapping class group cannot be generated by finitely many torsion elements of same order if genus is equal to one or two.

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