The Goldman bracket characterizes homeomorphisms

Gadgil, Siddhartha (2011) The Goldman bracket characterizes homeomorphisms. In: Comptes Rendus Mathematique, 349 (23-24). pp. 1269-1272.

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Abstract

We show that a homotopy equivalence between compact, connected, oriented surfaces with non-empty boundary is homotopic to a homeomorphism if and only if it commutes with the Goldman bracket. (C) 2011 Academie des sciences. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Comptes Rendus Mathematique
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
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Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Mathematics
Date Deposited:	30 Jan 2012 08:53
Last Modified:	30 Jan 2012 08:53
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/43211

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