Sunday, September 28, 2008
Likorish Generators
Dehn twists about 11 curves generate the mapping class group Mod(S) of the given surface. For a closed surface S of genus g, Dehn twists about 3g-1 curves generate Mod(S).
This blog is a mix of geometry and topology. It includes fun facts and interesting theorems together with pictures. I have created all the pictures on Google Sketchpad. You can download and rate all my models at: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/search?viewer=16926403133936748915&scoring=m