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On fiber-preserving isotopies of surface homeomorphisms

Author(s): Terry Fuller
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 129 (2001), 1247-1254.
MSC (1991): Primary 57M12
Posted: October 11, 2000
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Abstract: We show that there are homeomorphisms of closed oriented genus $g$ surfaces $\Sigma_g$ which are fiber-preserving with respect to an irregular branched covering $\Sigma_g \to S^2$ and isotopic to the identity, but which are not fiber-isotopic to the identity.

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Additional Information:

Terry Fuller
Affiliation: School of Mathematics, Institute for Advanced Study, Olden Lane, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
Address at time of publication: Department of Mathematics, California State University, Northridge, California 91330
Email: terry.fuller@csun.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-00-05642-2
PII: S 0002-9939(00)05642-2
Received by editor(s): June 16, 1999
Received by editor(s) in revised form: July 7, 1999
Posted: October 11, 2000
Additional Notes: The author was supported by NSF grant DMS 97-29992.
Communicated by: Ronald A. Fintushel
Copyright of article: Copyright 2000, American Mathematical Society

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