Degree one cohomology with twisted coefficients of the mapping class group

Abstract

Let $\Gamma$ be the mapping class group of an oriented surface $\Sigma$ of genus g with r boundary components. We prove that the first cohomology group $H^1(\Gamma, O(M_{SL(2, C)})^*)$ is non-trivial, where the coefficient module is the dual of the space of algebraic functions on the $SL(2, C)$ moduli space over $\Sigma$.