Algebraic & Geometric Topology Volume 21, issue 7 (2021)

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Most big mapping class groups fail the Tits alternative

Daniel Allcock

Algebraic & Geometric Topology 21 (2021) 3675–3688

DOI: 10.2140/agt.2021.21.3675

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