A note on the generalized Matsumoto relation

Authors: ELİF DALYAN, ELİF MEDETOĞULLARI, MEHMETCİK PAMUK

Abstract: ~We give an elementary proof of a relation, first discovered in its full generality by Korkmaz, in the mapping class group of a closed orientable surface. Our proof uses only the well-known relations between Dehn twists.

Keywords: Mapping class groups, braid relation, chain relation

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