The weak stability conjecture for level mapping class groups

Let Σg\Sigma_g be a closed oriented surface of genus gg, let Modg(L)\operatorname{Mod}_g(L) be the level-LL mapping class group, and let γ\gamma be a simple closed nonseparating curve on Σg\Sigma_g. Write (Modg(L))γ(\operatorname{Mod}_g(L))_\gamma for the stabilizer of γ\gamma in Modg(L)\operatorname{Mod}_g(L). For fixed L2L \geq 2 and k1k \geq 1, consider the natural map

Hk((Modg(L))γ;Q)Hk(Modg(L);Q).\operatorname{H}_k((\operatorname{Mod}_g(L))_\gamma;{\mathbb{Q}}) \longrightarrow \operatorname{H}_k(\operatorname{Mod}_g(L);{\mathbb{Q}}).

Stability conjecture. For fixed L2L \geq 2 and k1k \geq 1, there exists some NN such that if gNg \geq N and γ\gamma is a simple closed nonseparating curve on Σg\Sigma_g, then this map is a surjection.

This weaker stability statement is presented as sufficient for the isomorphism conjecture, extending the degree-two homological argument to higher degrees. Its general validity is not established in the source.

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Primary source

Andrew Putman, “The second rational homology group of the moduli space of curves with level structures”, arXiv:0809.4477 (2011).

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