## Osaka Journal of Mathematics

### A finite presentation for the hyperelliptic mapping class group of a nonorientable surface

Michał Stukow

#### Abstract

We obtain a simple presentation of the hyperelliptic mapping class group $\mathcal{M}^{h}(N)$ of a nonorientable surface $N$. As an application we compute the first homology group of $\mathcal{M}^{h}(N)$ with coefficients in $H_{1}(N; \mathbb{Z})$.

#### Article information

Source
Osaka J. Math., Volume 52, Number 2 (2015), 495-515.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 24 March 2015

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ojm/1427202899

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3326623

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1320.57023

#### Citation

Stukow, Michał. A finite presentation for the hyperelliptic mapping class group of a nonorientable surface. Osaka J. Math. 52 (2015), no. 2, 495--515. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ojm/1427202899

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