arXiv research

New methods improve understanding of abelian subgroups in Torelli groups.

Study of Torelli groups on infinite-type surfaces, focusing on generation and commensuration.

Paper tackles extension problem for surface diffeomorphisms.

Study topological hyperbolicity of moduli spaces of elliptic surfaces.

Study of Torelli groups of partitioned surfaces with bounds and asymptotic lengths.

Paper proves Torelli group's finiteness for surfaces with 2 boundaries.

Genus $g$ Torelli space is the moduli space of genus $g$ curves of compact type equipped with a homology framing. The hyperelliptic locus is a closed analytic subvariety consisting of finitely many mutually isomorphic components. We use properties of the hyperelliptic Torelli group to show that when $g\geq 3$ these com…

Study homology groups of mapping and Torelli groups for surfaces with abelian covers.

Torelli space (in genus g) is the moduli space of compact Riemann surfaces of genus g together with a symplectic basis of their first homology group. It is the quotient of the genus g Teichmuller space by the Torelli group T_g and is a model of the classifying space of T_g. It is known that almost all T_g are not finit…

We give a purely topological definition of the perturbative quantum invariants of links and 3-manifolds associated with Chern-Simons field theory. Our definition is as close as possible to one given by Kontsevich. We will also establish some basic properties of these invariants, in particular that they are universally …

We study the complex of partial bases of a free group, which is an analogue for $\Aut(F_n)$ of the curve complex for the mapping class group. We prove that it is connected and simply connected, and we also prove that its quotient by the Torelli subgroup of $\Aut(F_n)$ is highly connected. Using these results, we give a…

In this paper, we construct an infinite presentation of the Torelli subgroup of the mapping class group of a surface whose generators consist of the set of all "separating twists", all "bounding pair maps", and all "commutators of simply intersecting pairs" and whose relations all come from a short list of topological …

Study non-Kahler symplectic manifolds, proving deformation and Torelli theorems.

Study relates trisected 4-manifolds to cork twists via γ-curves.

Mess showed that the genus 2 Torelli group $T_2$ is isomorphic to a free group of countably infinite rank by showing that genus 2 Torelli space is homotopy equivalent to an infinite wedge of circles. As an application of his computation, we compute the homotopy type of the zero locus of any classical genus 2 theta func…

Researchers found the second homology of Torelli groups for large g.

Proves properties of Torelli Lie algebra for surfaces.

Paper defines and analyzes Chillingworth classes for subsurface Torelli groups.

Torelli group's second homology is finite for large genus surfaces.

Enhances stability ranges for Torelli and congruence subgroup homologies.

Let S be a connected, compact and orientable surface of genus two having exactly one boundary component. We study automorphisms of the Torelli complex for S, and describe any isomorphism between finite index subgroups of the Torelli group for S. More generally, we study superinjective maps from the Torelli complex for …

We prove that rational homology of the Torelli group of genus g is infinite dimensional, provided g>6. This means that rational homology of the Torelli space of genus g>6 is infinite dimensional. The Torelli groups with marked points are also considered. In addition, we prove that rational homology of the subgroup of t…

Study non-existence of complex ball quotients in Torelli locus.

Proves Torelli group action is ergodic on Lie group character varieties.

In this paper we introduce, for each closed orientable surface, an analogue of Tits buildings adjusted to investigation of the Torelli group of this surface. It is a simplicial complex with some additional structure. We call this complex with its additional structure the Torelli building of the surface in question. The…

For each closed orientable surface we introduce a simplical complex with some additional structure which is a version of the complex of curves of this surface adjusted to investigation of its Torelli group. We call this complex the Torelli geometry of our surface and prove that every automorphism of the Torelli geometr…

New embedding connects Torelli group to skein module.

We shall obtain unobstructed deformations of four geometric structures: Calabi-Yau, HyperKähler, $\G$ and Spin(7) structures in terms of closed differential forms (calibrations). We develop a direct and unified construction of smooth moduli spaces of these four geometric structures and show that the local Torelli type …

We give a new proof of a celebrated theorem of Dennis Johnson that asserts that the kernel of the Johnson homomorphism on the Torelli subgroup of the mapping class group is generated by separating twists. In fact, we prove a more general result that also applies to "subsurface Torelli groups". Using this, we extend Joh…

We introduce machinery to allow ``cut-and-paste''-style inductive arguments in the Torelli subgroup of the mapping class group. In the past these arguments have been problematic because restricting the Torelli group to subsurfaces gives different groups depending on how the subsurfaces are embedded. We define a categor…

Study shows Torelli groups are exponentially distorted in mapping class groups with boundary.

Study Heegaard Floer homology and word metric on Torelli group.

We prove that the cohomological dimension of the Torelli group for a closed connected orientable surface of genus g at least 2 is equal to 3g-5. This answers a question of Mess, who proved the lower bound and settled the case of g=2. We also find the cohomological dimension of the Johnson kernel (the subgroup of the To…

Authors prove Torelli theorem for a specific type of gravitational instantons.

Theory connects Torelli subgroup homology to Sp(2g,ℤ)-modules.

Study Torelli subgroups of handlebody groups and their cohomology.

Study of Torelli subgroups of automorphism groups of free groups.

The study examines modular fusion categories with trivial Torelli group actions.

Abstract commensurators of ${ m{Aut}}(F_N)$ and ${ m{IA}}_N$ are the same.

Counterexamples found for Torelli groups of Kähler and hyper-Kähler manifolds.

Proving a conjecture of Dennis Johnson, we show that the Torelli subgroup of the mapping class group has a finite generating set whose size grows cubically with respect to the genus of the surface. Our main tool is a new space called the handle graph on which the Torelli group acts cocompactly.

Study genus-three Torelli maps and their fixed point sets in representation varieties.

A closed hyperbolic Riemann surface M is said to be K-quasiconformally homogeneous if there exists a transitive family F of K-quasiconformal homeomorphisms. Further, if all [f] in F act trivially on H1(M;Z), we say M is Torelli-K-quasiconformally homogeneous. We prove the existence of a uniform lower bound on K for Tor…

Paper calculates Torelli group's cohomology second group.

We compute the automorphism groups of the Torelli complex and the complex of separating curves for all but finitely many compact orientable surfaces. As an application, we show that the abstract commensurators of the Torelli group and the Johnson kernel for such surfaces are naturally isomorphic to the extended mapping…

Unified framework for studying Torelli group and congruence subgroup maps.

We prove that the hyperelliptic Torelli group is generated by Dehn twists about separating curves that are preserved by the hyperelliptic involution. This verifies a conjecture of Hain. The hyperelliptic Torelli group can be identified with the kernel of the Burau representation evaluated at t=-1 and also the fundament…

Study of handlebody group intersections with Torelli and Johnson kernels.