3 papers
math.GT2025
On generating mapping class groups by pseudo-Anosov elements
Susumu Hirose, Naoyuki Monden
Wajnryb proved that the mapping class group of a closed oriented surface is generated by two elements. We proved that the mapping class group is generated by two pseudo-Anosov elem…
math.GT2025
On Nielsen equivalence classes of two-elements generators of mapping class groups
Susumu Hirose, Naoyuki Monden
We show that there are infinitely many Nielsen equivalence classes of the mapping class group of a closed oriented surface of genus at least eight.
math.GT2025
Knot surgered elliptic surfaces for a -torus knot
Naoyuki Monden, Reo Yabuguchi
We show that for any positive integer , a knot surgered elliptic surface for a -torus knot and the elliptic surface admi…