{ "id": "1811.04883", "version": "v1", "published": "2018-11-12T17:59:47.000Z", "updated": "2018-11-12T17:59:47.000Z", "title": "The Torsion Generating Set Of The Mapping Class Groups Of Non-orientable Surfaces", "authors": [ "Xiaoming Du" ], "comment": "5 pages, 6 figures", "categories": [ "math.GT" ], "abstract": "Let $N_g$ be the non-orientable surface with genus $g$, $\\text{MCG}(N_g)$ be the mapping class group of $N_g$. We prove that for genus $g=4k+3$, $\\text{MCG}(N_g)$ can be generated by two elements of finite orders. It can also be generated by three elements of order 2.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2018-11-12T17:59:47.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "57N05", "57M20", "20F38" ], "keywords": [ "mapping class group", "torsion generating set", "non-orientable surface", "finite orders" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 5, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }