The Euler characteristic of the moduli space of curves
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چکیده
Let Fg 1, g> 1, be the mapping class group consisting of all isotopy classes of base-point and orientation preserving homeomorphisms of a closed, oriented surface F of genus g. Let )~(~1) be its Euler characteristic in the sense of Wall, that is Z(F~I)= [Fgl: F] l z(E/F), where F is any torsion free subgroup of finite index in F~ 1 and E is a contractible space on which F acts freely and properly discontinuously. An example of such a space is the Teichmiiller space ~-~1, and g(F~ ~) can be interpreted as the orbifold Euler characteristic of ~-~'/F~I =JOin, the moduli space of curves of genus g with base point. The purpose of this paper is to prove the following formula for )~(F~I):
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