An abelian quotient of the mapping class groupI g

Combinatorial Group Theory.

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Two theorems on the mapping class group of a surface

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Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Topology +9

The $\mu $-invariant of $3$-manifolds and certain structural properties of the group of homeomorphisms of a closed, oriented $2$-manifold

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Quadratic forms and the Birman-Craggs homomorphisms

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Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Combinatorics +11