Generators of the mapping class group (An algebraic approach)

M. McCool
1996 Publicacions matemàtiques  
We give an algebraic proof of the fact that a generating set of the mapping class group M g,1 (g ≥ 3) may be obtained by replicating a generating set of M 2,1 .
doi:10.5565/publmat_40296_15 fatcat:md2gotkxmbanpbqai4ulgts4uq