Mapping class groups, homology and finite covers of surfaces
Contributors: McMullen, Curtis T.; Farb, Benson; Gadre, Vaibhav
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Description: Let S be an orientable surface of finite, negative Euler characteristic. Let f denote an element in its mapping class group. In this thesis, we study the action of f on the complex homology of various finite covers to which f lifts.
Notes: Thesis Ph.D. Harvard University 2012