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    Automorphisms of the mapping class group of a nonorientable surface
    (Springer, 2017) Atalan, Ferihe; Szepietowski, Blazej
    Let S be a nonorientable surface of genus g >= 5 with n >= 0 punctures, and Mod(S) its mapping class group. We define the complexity of S to be the maximum rank of a free abelian subgroup of Mod(S). Suppose that S-1 and S-2 are two such surfaces of the same complexity. We prove that every isomorphism Mod(S-1) -> Mod(S-2) is induced by a diffeomorphism S-1 -> S-2. This is an analogue of Ivanov's theorem on automorphisms of the mapping class groups of an orientable surface, and also an extension and improvement of the first author's previous result.
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    Citation - WoS: 11
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    Automorphisms of Curve Complexes on Nonorientable Surfaces
    (European Mathematical Soc, 2014) Atalan, Ferihe; Korkmaz, Mustafa
    For a compact connected nonorientable surface N of genus g with n boundary components, we prove that the natural map from the mapping class group of N to the automorphism group of the curve complex of N is an isomorphism provided that g + n >= 5. We also prove that two curve complexes are isomorphic if and only if the underlying surfaces are diffeomorphic.
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    Liftable Homeomorphisms of Cyclic and Rank Two Finite Abelian Branched Covers Over the Real Projective Plane
    (Elsevier, 2021) Atalan, Ferihe; Medetogullari, Elif; Ozan, Yildiray
    In this note, we investigate the property for regular branched finite abelian covers of the real projective plane, where each homeomorphism of the base (preserving the branch locus) lifts to a homeomorphism of the covering surface. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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    Number of Pseudo-Anosov Elements in the Mapping Class Group of a Four-Holed Sphere
    (Tubitak Scientific & Technological Research Council Turkey, 2010) Atalan, Ferihe; Korkmaz, Mustafa
    We compute the growth series and the growth functions of reducible and pseudo-Anosov elements of the pure mapping class group of the sphere with four holes with respect to a certain generating set We prove that the ratio of the number of pseudo-Anosov elements to that of all elements in a ball with center at the identity tends to one as the radius of the ball tends to infinity
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    Citation - WoS: 3
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    Liftable Homeomorphisms of Rank Two Finite Abelian Branched Covers
    (Springer Basel Ag, 2021) Atalan, Ferihe; Atalan, Ferihe; Medetogullari, Elif; Ozan, Yildiray; Medetoğulları, Elif; Atalan, Ferihe; Medetoğulları, Elif; Mathematics; Mathematics
    We investigate branched regular finite abelian A-covers of the 2-sphere, where every homeomorphism of the base (preserving the branch locus) lifts to a homeomorphism of the covering surface. In this study, we prove that if A is a finite abelian p-group of rank k and Sigma -> S-2 is a regular A-covering branched over n points such that every homeomorphism f:S-2 -> S-2 lifts to Sigma, then n = k + 1. We will also give a partial classification of such covers for rank two finite p-groups. In particular, we prove that for a regular branched A-covering pi : Sigma -> S-2, where A = ZprxZpt, 1 <= r <= t , all homeomorphisms f:S-2 -> S-2 lift to those of Sigma if and only if t = r or t = r + 1 and p = 3.