Geodesic
FRACTIONAL POWERS OF DEHN TWISTS ABOUT NONSEPARATING CURVES
Glasgow mathematical journal, Tome 56 (2014) no. 1, pp. 197-210

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Let Sg be a closed orientable surface of genus g ≥ 2 and C a simple closed nonseparating curve in F. Let tC denote a left-handed Dehn twist about C. A fractional power of tC of exponent l//n is an h ∈ Mod(Sg) such that hn = tCl. Unlike a root of a tC, a fractional power h can exchange the sides of C. We derive necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of both side-exchanging and side-preserving fractional powers. We show in the side-preserving case that if gcd(l,n) = 1, then h will be isotopic to the lth power of an nth root of tC and that n ≤ 2g+1. In general, we show that n ≤ 4g, and that side-preserving fractional powers of exponents 2g//2g+2 and 2g//4g always exist. For a side-exchanging fractional power of exponent l//2n, we show that 2n ≥ 2g+2, and that side-exchanging fractional powers of exponent 2g+2//4g+2 and 4g+1//4g+2 always exist. We give a complete listing of certain side-preserving and side-exchanging fractional powers on S5.
DOI : 10.1017/S0017089513000177
Mots-clés : 57M99, 57M60 
RAJEEVSARATHY, KASHYAP. FRACTIONAL POWERS OF DEHN TWISTS ABOUT NONSEPARATING CURVES. Glasgow mathematical journal, Tome 56 (2014) no. 1, pp. 197-210. doi: 10.1017/S0017089513000177
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