Exhausting curve complexes by finite rigid sets

Abstract

Let $S$ be a connected orientable surface of finite topological type. We prove that there is an exhaustion of the curve complex $\mathcal{C}(S)$ by a sequence of finite rigid sets.

22 pages, 16 figures

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