Conjecture that torsion has density zero in the mapping class group

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For a fixed finite generating set of Modg{\rm Mod}_g, define the density of a subset SS by

d(S)=limr#(B(r)S)#B(r).d(S)=\lim_{r\to\infty}\frac{\#(B(r)\cap S)}{\#B(r)}.

Let \Torg\Tor_g denote the set of finite-order elements of Modg{\rm Mod}_g. Torsion-density conjecture.

d(\Torg)=0.d(\Tor_g)=0.

This is presented as a further test related to the conjectured density-one prevalence of pseudo-Anosovs; the source gives no resolution.

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Primary source

Benson Farb, “Some problems on mapping class groups and moduli space”, arXiv:math/0606432 (2006).

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