The $p$-periodicity of the mapping class group and the estimate of its $p$-period
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Abstract:
We determine completely the primes $p$ for which the Farrell-Tate cohomology of the mapping class group ${\Gamma _g}$ is $p$-periodic. We also estimate the $p$-period of a $p$-periodic ${\Gamma _g}$.References
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- © Copyright 1992 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 116 (1992), 1161-1169
- MSC: Primary 57R20; Secondary 20F34, 20H10, 30F99, 55R40, 57M60
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1992-1104406-2
- MathSciNet review: 1104406