The orbit-containment criterion for congruence subgroups of mapping class groups

Let Γ\Gamma be a finite-index subgroup of Mcg(Σ)\operatorname{Mcg}(\Sigma), and let α\alpha be a simple closed curve on Σ\Sigma. A subgroup of Mcg(Σ)\operatorname{Mcg}(\Sigma) is congruence if it contains the kernel of the action on a finite quotient of π1(Σ)\pi_1(\Sigma). The orbit-containment conjecture. There exists a congruence subgroup ΔMcg(Σ)\Delta\leq\operatorname{Mcg}(\Sigma) such that

Δ.αΓ.α.\Delta.\alpha\subseteq\Gamma.\alpha.

This condition would, together with the theorem cited in the paper, imply the congruence subgroup property for mapping class groups. It is therefore proposed as a sufficient criterion rather than as the full congruence subgroup conjecture.

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Adam Klukowski, “Congruence Subgroup Property for nilpotent groups and subsurface subgroups of Mapping Class Groups”, arXiv:2411.06867 (2024).

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