{"title":"The Nielsen realization problem for non-orientable surfaces","authors":"Nestor Colin , Miguel A. Xicoténcatl","doi":"10.1016/j.topol.2024.108957","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We show the Teichmüller space of a non-orientable surface with marked points (considered as a Klein surface) can be identified with a subspace of the Teichmüller space of its orientable double cover. It is also well known that the mapping class group <span><math><mi>Mod</mi><mo>(</mo><msub><mrow><mi>N</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>g</mi></mrow></msub><mo>;</mo><mi>k</mi><mo>)</mo></math></span> of a non-orientable surface can be identified with a subgroup of <span><math><mi>Mod</mi><mo>(</mo><msub><mrow><mi>S</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>g</mi><mo>−</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub><mo>;</mo><mn>2</mn><mi>k</mi><mo>)</mo></math></span>, the mapping class group of its orientable double cover. These facts, together with the classical Nielsen realization theorem, are used to prove that every finite subgroup of <span><math><mi>Mod</mi><mo>(</mo><msub><mrow><mi>N</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>g</mi></mrow></msub><mo>;</mo><mi>k</mi><mo>)</mo></math></span> can be lifted isomorphically to a subgroup of the group of diffeomorphisms <span><math><mi>Diff</mi><mo>(</mo><msub><mrow><mi>N</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>g</mi></mrow></msub><mo>;</mo><mi>k</mi><mo>)</mo></math></span>. In contrast, we show the projection <span><math><mi>Diff</mi><mo>(</mo><msub><mrow><mi>N</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>g</mi></mrow></msub><mo>)</mo><mo>→</mo><mi>Mod</mi><mo>(</mo><msub><mrow><mi>N</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>g</mi></mrow></msub><mo>)</mo></math></span> does not admit a section for large <em>g</em>.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":51201,"journal":{"name":"Topology and its Applications","volume":"353 ","pages":"Article 108957"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6000,"publicationDate":"2024-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Topology and its Applications","FirstCategoryId":"100","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166864124001421","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"MATHEMATICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We show the Teichmüller space of a non-orientable surface with marked points (considered as a Klein surface) can be identified with a subspace of the Teichmüller space of its orientable double cover. It is also well known that the mapping class group of a non-orientable surface can be identified with a subgroup of , the mapping class group of its orientable double cover. These facts, together with the classical Nielsen realization theorem, are used to prove that every finite subgroup of can be lifted isomorphically to a subgroup of the group of diffeomorphisms . In contrast, we show the projection does not admit a section for large g.
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Topology and its Applications is primarily concerned with publishing original research papers of moderate length. However, a limited number of carefully selected survey or expository papers are also included. The mathematical focus of the journal is that suggested by the title: Research in Topology. It is felt that it is inadvisable to attempt a definitive description of topology as understood for this journal. Certainly the subject includes the algebraic, general, geometric, and set-theoretic facets of topology as well as areas of interactions between topology and other mathematical disciplines, e.g. topological algebra, topological dynamics, functional analysis, category theory. Since the roles of various aspects of topology continue to change, the non-specific delineation of topics serves to reflect the current state of research in topology.
At regular intervals, the journal publishes a section entitled Open Problems in Topology, edited by J. van Mill and G.M. Reed. This is a status report on the 1100 problems listed in the book of the same name published by North-Holland in 1990, edited by van Mill and Reed.