Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society

Author(s): D. Kotschick
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 132 (2004), 3167-3175.
MSC (2000): Primary 20F69; Secondary 20F12, 57M07
Posted: May 12, 2004
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Abstract: We give elementary applications of quasi-homomorphisms to growth problems in groups. A particular case concerns the number of torsion elements required to factor a given element in the mapping class group of a surface.

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D. Kotschick
Affiliation: Mathematisches Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Theresienstr. 39, 80333 München, Germany
Email: dieter@member.ams.org

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-04-07508-2
PII: S 0002-9939(04)07508-2
Received by editor(s): July 28, 2003
Posted: May 12, 2004
Additional Notes: The author is a member of the {\sl European Differential Geometry Endeavour} (EDGE), Research Training Network HPRN-CT-2000-00101, supported by The European Human Potential Programme
Communicated by: Ronald A. Fintushel
Copyright of article: Copyright 2004, American Mathematical Society

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