The folklore conjecture on stable Torelli-group homology

Let Ig\operatorname{\mathcal{I}}_g be the Torelli group of a closed genus-gg surface, and let Sp2g(Z)\operatorname{Sp}_{2g}(\mathbb{Z}) act on its rational homology through the quotient of the mapping class group. For each integer kk, consider the homology group

Hk(Ig;Q).\operatorname{H}_k(\operatorname{\mathcal{I}}_g;\mathbb{Q}).

Folklore conjecture. For each kk, there exists some GkG_k such that for gGkg \geq G_k, the homology group Hk(Ig;Q)\operatorname{H}_k(\operatorname{\mathcal{I}}_g;\mathbb{Q}) is finite-dimensional and the action of Sp2g(Z)\operatorname{Sp}_{2g}(\mathbb{Z}) on it extends to a rational representation of the algebraic group Sp2g(Q)\operatorname{Sp}_{2g}(\mathbb{Q}). Johnson's work shows that this holds for k=1k=1 with G1=3G_1=3, but it remains open for all k2k\geq 2.

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Andrew Putman, “The stable cohomology of the moduli space of curves with level structures”, arXiv:2209.06183 (2025).

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