Automorphisms of the Pants Graph of a Nonorientable Surface

Transformation Groups 2026 Open access

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Authors: Michał Stukow, Błażej Szepietowski
DOI: 10.1007/s00031-026-09991-x
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Abstract

We prove that, except in certain low-complexity cases, the automorphism group of the graph of pants decompositions of a nonorientable surface is isomorphic to the mapping class group of that surface.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation Geometric and Algebraic Topology Advanced Graph Theory Research

Publication details

Journal / source
Transformation Groups
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Publication date
18 September 2026
Language
EN