On the mapping class group action on the cohomology of the representation space of a surface

The mapping class group of a -pointed Riemann surface has a natural action on any moduli space of parabolic bundles with the marked points as the parabolic points. We prove that under some numerical conditions on the parabolic data, the induced action of the mapping class group on the cohomology algebra of the moduli space of parabolic bundles factors through the natural epimorphism of the mapping class group onto the symplectic group.

     

Characteristic classes of flat bundles, II

On a smooth varietyX defined over a fieldK of characteristic zero, one defines characteristic classes of bundles with an integrableK-connection in a group lifting the Chow group, which map, whenK is the field of complex numbers andX is proper, to Cheeger-Simons' secondary analytic invariants, compatibly with the cycle map in the Deligne cohomology.     

Characteristic classes for complex bundles with trivial real reduction

This note concerns itself with a theory of characteristic classes for those complex bundles whose real reductions are trivial.

     

Coniveau of classes of flat bundles trivialized on a finite smooth covering of a complex manifold

On a smooth algebraic complex varietyX, we show that the classes of a flat bundle, which is trivialized on a finite cover ofX, with values in the odd-dimensional cohomology of the underlying complex manifold with / (i), are living in the bottom part of Grothendieck's coniveau filtration. This answers positively when the basis is smooth complex a question of Bruno Kahn [K-Theory (1992), conjecture 2].     

On the Witten-Reshetikhin-Turaev representations of mapping class groups

We consider a central extension of the mapping class group of a surface with a collection of framed colored points. The Witten-Reshetikhin-Turaev TQFTs associated to and induce linear representations of this group. We show that the denominators of matrices which describe these representations over a cyclotomic field can be restricted in many cases. In this way, we give a proof of the known result that if the surface is a torus with no colored points, the representations have finite image.

     

Cremona transformations and diffeomorphisms of surfaces

We show that the action of Cremona transformations on the real points of quadrics exhibits the full complexity of the diffeomorphisms of the sphere, the torus, and of all non-orientable surfaces. The main result says that if X is rational, then Aut(X), the group of algebraic automorphisms, is dense in Diff(X), the group of self-diffeomorphisms of X.     

On the conjugacy classes in the orthogonal and symplectic groups over algebraically closed fields

Let F$\mathbb{F}$ be an algebraically closed field. Let V$\mathbb{V}$ be a vector space equipped with a non-degenerate symmetric or symplectic bilinear form B   over F$\mathbb{F}$. Suppose the characteristic of F$\mathbb{F}$ is sufficiently large  , i.e. either zero or greater than the dimension of V$\mathbb{V}$. Let I(V,B)$I(\mathbb{V},\mathbb{B})$ denote the group of isometries. Using the Jacobson–Morozov lemma we give a new and simple proof of the fact that two elements in I(V,B)$I(\mathbb{V},\mathbb{B})$ are conjugate if and only if they have the same elementary divisors.     

Surfaces in 4-manifolds and their mapping class groups

A surface in a smooth 4-manifold is called flexible if, for any diffeomorphism ? on the surface, there is a diffeomorphism on the 4-manifold whose restriction on the surface is ? and which is isotopic to the identity. We investigate a sufficient condition for a smooth 4-manifold M to include flexible knotted surfaces, and introduce a local operation in simply connected 4-manifolds for obtaining a flexible knotted surface from any knotted surface.     

Complexification of foliations and complex secondary classes

Some properties of complex secondary classes are discussed. It is shown that the Godbillon-Vey class and the Bott class are related via complexification.Supported by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Grant No. 13740042     

Conjugacy classes in finite permutation groups via homomorphic images

The lifting of results from factor groups to the full group is a standard technique for solvable groups. This paper shows how to utilize this approach in the case of non-solvable normal subgroups to compute the conjugacy classes of a finite group.

     

Orthogonal bases of Brauer symmetry classes of tensors for the dihedral group

In this article necessary and sufficient conditions are given for the existence of an orthogonal basis consisting of standard (decomposable) symmetrized tensors for the class of tensors symmetrized using a Brauer character of the dihedral group.     

Groups with few conjugacy classes of non-normal subgroups

The structure of groups with finitely many non-normal subgroups is well known. In this paper, groups are investigated with finitely many conjugacy classes of non-normal subgroups with a given property. In particular, it is proved that a locally soluble group with finitely many non-trivial conjugacy classes of non-abelian subgroups has finite commutator subgroup. This result generalizes a theorem by Romalis and Sesekin on groups in which every non-abelian subgroup is normal.      

Mapping class group of a plane curve germ

We prove that every topological conjugacy between two germs of singular holomorphic curves in the complex plane is homotopic to another conjugacy which extends homeomorphically to the exceptional divisors of their minimal desingularisations. As an application we give an explicit presentation of a finite index subgroup of the mapping class group of the germ of such a singularity.     

Bordism invariants of the mapping class group

We define new bordism and spin bordism invariants of certain subgroups of the mapping class group of a surface. In particular, they are invariants of the Johnson filtration of the mapping class group. The second and third terms of this filtration are the well-known Torelli group and Johnson subgroup, respectively. We introduce a new representation in terms of spin bordism, and we prove that this single representation contains all of the information given by the Johnson homomorphism, the Birman-Craggs homomorphism, and the Morita homomorphism.     

Critical groups for homeomorphism classes of graphs

In this paper the weighted fundamental circuits intersection matrix of an edge-labeled graph is introduced for computing the critical groups for homeomorphism classes of graphs. As an application, it is proved that for any given finite connected simple graph there is a homeomorphic graph with cyclic critical group.     

Twisted conjugacy classes in saturated weakly branch groups

For a wide class of saturated weakly branch groups, including the (first) Grigorchuk group and the Gupta-Sidki group, we prove that the Reidemeister number of any automorphism is infinite.      

Algebraic entropy and the action of mapping class groups on character varieties

We extend the definition of algebraic entropy to endomorphisms of affine varieties. We then calculate the algebraic entropy of the action of elements of mapping class groups on various character varieties, and show that it is equal to a quantity we call the spectral radius, a generalization of the dilatation of a pseudo-Anosov mapping class. Our calculations are compatible with all known calculations of the topological entropy of this action.     

On tertiary exotic characteristic classes

We prove the existence and nontriviality of tertiary exotic characteristic classes extending the results of Peterson and Ravenel for secondary exotic classes.