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Arithmetic representations of mapping class groups (2108.12791v3)
Published 29 Aug 2021 in math.GT, math.AG, and math.GR
Abstract: Let $S$ be a closed oriented surface and $G$ a finite group of orientation preserving automorphisms of $S$ whose orbit space has genus at least $2$. There is a natural group homomorphism from the $G$-centralizer in $Diff+(S)$ to the $G$-centralizer in $Sp(H_1(S))$. We give a sufficient condition for its image to be a subgroup of finite index and a weaker condition for this to have no finite nonzero orbit (the Putman-Wieland property).
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