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The second Johnson homomorphism and the second rational cohomology of the Johnson kernel
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 November 2007
Abstract
The Johnson kernel is the subgroup of the mapping class group of a surface generated by Dehn twists along bounding simple closed curves, and has the second Johnson homomorphism as a free abelian quotient. In terms of the representation theory of the symplectic group, we give a complete description of cup products of two classes in the first rational cohomology of the Johnson kernel obtained by the rational dual of the second Johnson homomorphism.
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- Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 143 , Issue 3 , November 2007 , pp. 627 - 648
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- Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 2007
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