A note on the generalized Matsumoto relation

Authors

ELİF DALYAN
ELİF MEDETOĞULLARI
MEHMETCİK PAMUK

Abstract

~We give an elementary proof of a relation, first discovered in its full generality by Korkmaz, in the mapping class group of a closed orientable surface. Our proof uses only the well-known relations between Dehn twists.

DOI

10.3906/mat-1512-87

Keywords

Mapping class groups, braid relation, chain relation

First Page

524

Last Page

536

Recommended Citation

DALYAN, ELİF; MEDETOĞULLARI, ELİF; and PAMUK, MEHMETCİK (2017) "A note on the generalized Matsumoto relation," Turkish Journal of Mathematics: Vol. 41: No. 3, Article 6. https://doi.org/10.3906/mat-1512-87
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/math/vol41/iss3/6