{ "id": "2003.10907", "version": "v1", "published": "2020-03-23T09:57:48.000Z", "updated": "2020-03-23T09:57:48.000Z", "title": "Generators for Extended Mapping Class Groups", "authors": [ "Tulin Altunoz", "Mehmetcik Pamuk", "Oguz Yildiz" ], "comment": "14 pages, 8 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2001.06326, arXiv:1912.10685", "categories": [ "math.GT" ], "abstract": "We prove that the extended mapping class group of a connected orientable punctured surface of genus at least three is generated by four involutions. Moreover, for $g\\geq6$, it is generated by three torsions, one of which is an involution.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2020-03-23T09:57:48.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "extended mapping class group", "generators", "involution", "connected orientable punctured surface" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 14, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }