Asymptotic mapping class groups of Cantor manifolds and their finiteness properties

Abstract

We prove that the infinite family of asymptotic mapping class groups of surfaces of defined by Funar--Kapoudjian and Aramayona--Funar are of type $F_{\infty }$, thus answering questions of Funar-Kapoudjian-Sergiescu and Aramayona-Vlamis. As it turns out, this result is a specific instance of a much more general theorem which allows to deduce that asymptotic mapping class groups of Cantor manifolds, also introduced in this paper, are of type $F_{\infty }$, provide the underlying manifolds satisfy some general hypotheses. As important examples, we will obtain $F_{\infty }$ asymptotical mapping class groups that contain, respectively, the mapping class group of every compact surface with non-empty boundary, the automorphism group of every free group of finite rank, or infinite families of arithmetic groups. In addition, for certain types of manifolds, the homology of our asymptotic mapping class groups coincides with the stable homology of the relevant mapping class groups, as studied by Harer and Hatcher--Wahl.

arXiv commentIncorporates comments from referees. To appear in Revista Matematica Iberoamericana

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