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The cohomology of Torelli groups is algebraic

Part of: Modules, bimodules and ideals Rings and algebras with additional structure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 December 2020

Alexander Kupers Open the ORCID record for Alexander Kupers [Opens in a new window]  and
Oscar Randal-Williams
Alexander Kupers
Affiliation:
Department of Computer and Mathematical Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, 1265 Military Trail, Toronto, ON M1C 1A4, Canada; E-mail: a.kupers@utoronto.ca
Oscar Randal-Williams
Affiliation:
Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road, CambridgeCB3 0WB, UK; E-mail: o.randal-williams@dpmms.cam.ac.uk

Abstract

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The Torelli group of $W_g = \#^g S^n \times S^n$ is the group of diffeomorphisms of $W_g$ fixing a disc that act trivially on $H_n(W_g;\mathbb{Z} )$ . The rational cohomology groups of the Torelli group are representations of an arithmetic subgroup of $\text{Sp}_{2g}(\mathbb{Z} )$ or $\text{O}_{g,g}(\mathbb{Z} )$ . In this article we prove that for $2n \geq 6$ and $g \geq 2$ , they are in fact algebraic representations. Combined with previous work, this determines the rational cohomology of the Torelli group in a stable range. We further prove that the classifying space of the Torelli group is nilpotent.

MSC classification

Primary: 16W10: Rings with involution; Lie, Jordan and other nonassociative structures
Secondary: 16D50: Injective modules, self-injective rings
Type
Topology
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Forum of Mathematics, Sigma , Volume 8 , 2020 , e64
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