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Mapping-Class Groups of Subsurfaces of a Hyperbolic Surface

If $\mathcal{R}'$ is a closed subsurface of a hyperbolic surface $\mathcal{R}$, then there is an inclusion homomorphism between the mapping class groups: $$\text{Mod}(\mathcal{R}')\longrightarrow \...
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Proof of homotopic essential simple close curves are isotopic

In the book by Benson Farb and Dan Margalit A primer on mapping class groups, Princeton Mathematical Series 49. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (ISBN 978-0-691-14794-9/hbk; 978-1-400-83904-9/...
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Measured geodesic laminations have either discrete or Cantor set local cross-sections

I'm reading through Kerckhoff's paper "The Nielsen Realization Problem": https://www.jstor.org/stable/2007076. In section 1, after he defines measured geodesic laminations, he makes the ...
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Geometric intersection number for product of elements of the fundamental group

Let $F$ be a hyperbolic surface and $p\in F$ be a point. Consider $\pi_1(F,p)$, the fundamental group of $F$ with base point $p$. Let $x,y\in \pi_1(F,p)$ and $z$ be a simple closed curve in $F$ such ...
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