Timeline for Distorsion of subgroups of the mapping class group
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| Sep 27, 2018 at 19:15 | comment | added | Andy Putman | @PaulPlummer: That is correct. | |
| Sep 27, 2018 at 16:43 | comment | added | user35370 | I guess it is also because abelian subgroups, up to finite index, are generated by elements supported on disjoint subsurfaces. I think this is done in Abelian and solvable subgroups of the mapping class group by Birman, Lubotzky, McCarthy. | |
| Sep 27, 2018 at 16:11 | comment | added | user35370 | Could you say a bit as to why their paper shows that? Skimming the paper they only specifically mention cyclic subgroups are undistorted. | |
| Jul 12, 2014 at 18:50 | vote | accept | Anonymous | ||
| Jun 30, 2014 at 2:31 | history | answered | Andy Putman | CC BY-SA 3.0 |