{ "id": "1108.3927", "version": "v1", "published": "2011-08-19T09:25:27.000Z", "updated": "2011-08-19T09:25:27.000Z", "title": "A finite generating set for the level 2 mapping class group of a nonorientable surface", "authors": [ "Blazej Szepietowski" ], "comment": "13 pages, 3 figures", "categories": [ "math.GT" ], "abstract": "We obtain a finite set of generators for the level 2 mapping class group of a closed nonorientable surface of genus $g\\ge 3$. This set consists of isotopy classes of Lickorish's Y-homeomorphisms also called crosscap slides.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2011-08-19T09:25:27.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "57N05", "20F38" ], "keywords": [ "mapping class group", "finite generating set", "finite set", "set consists", "isotopy classes" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 13, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2011arXiv1108.3927S" } } }