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Topology of cell complexes and manifolds, classification of manifolds (e.g. smoothing, surgery), low dimensional topology (e.g. knot theory, invariants of 4-manifolds), embedding theory, combinatorial and PL topology, geometric group theory, infinite dimensional topology (e.g. Hilbert cube manifolds, theory of retracts).

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How do I efficiently find a sequence of Reidemeister moves between equivalent link diagrams?

In 2011 Coward-Lackenby proved the following, and they also provided an upper bound on the number of moves. There is a computable function F : N×N → N such that for any two connected diagrams D …
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Teichmuller geodesics vs. geodesics in the hyperbolic plane

Geodesics in $\mathbb H^2$ have the following properties: For every two points in the plane there exists a unique geodesic joining them. Every geodesic determines exactly two points on the boundar …
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Centralizer of a pseudo-Anosov element

What is the centralizer of a pseudo-Anosov element in the mapping class group of an orientable punctured surface? Is it cyclic? If so, where can I find a proof?
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Torsion elements in the mapping class group

Let $S$ be an orientable surface of genus $g$ with $b>0$ boundary components, and let $\mathrm{Mod}(S)$ be its mapping class group, that is, the group of isotopy classes of its homeomorphisms modulo i …
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Teichmüller space on non-orientable closed surfaces

A very nice paper about the Teichm\"uller space of non-orientable surfaces, Fenchel-Nielsen coordinates and other generalizations of Thurston's theory to non-orientable surfaces is this one by Papadop …
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Mapping class group and CAT(0) spaces

I hope the questions are not too vague. Is the mapping class group of an orientable punctured surface $CAT(0)$ ? Is any of the remarkable simplicial complexes (curve complex, arc complex...) built …
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