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Algebraic varieties, stacks, sheaves, schemes, moduli spaces, complex geometry, quantum cohomology.

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A direct proof of the Harer-Zagier recursion enumerating the ways to paste a 2n-gon to get a...

How about Goulden, I. P.; Nica, A. A direct bijection for the Harer-Zagier formula. J. Combin. Theory Ser. A 111 (2005), no. 2, 224–238. or one of the references therein?
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About isotopy and homotopy

Once you have found an annulus $R \subset S$ whose two boundary components are $\alpha$ and $\beta$, by definition of "annulus" there exists a homeomorphism $H : S^1 \times [0,1] \to R$. The compositi …
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Finite index subgroups of the mapping class group with geometric meaning

I doubt there is a "classification", but there are some interesting examples. Two which come to mind: Harer's description of the moduli space of a Riemann surface with spin structure; and Torelli spac …
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