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ON THE MAPPING CLASS GROUP OF A HEEGAARD SPLITTING

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2013

CHARALAMPOS CHARITOS
Affiliation:
Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, Athens 118 55, Greece e-mails: [email protected], [email protected]
IOANNIS PAPADOPERAKIS
Affiliation:
Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, Athens 118 55, Greece e-mails: [email protected], [email protected]
GEORGIOS TSAPOGAS
Affiliation:
University of the Aegean, Samos 832 00, Greece e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

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For the mapping class group of 3-manifold with respect to a Heegaard splitting, a simplicial complex is constructed such that its group of automorphisms is identified with the mapping class group.

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Copyright © Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust 2013 

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