Generating twist subgroup of mapping class group of non-orientable surface by involutions

Abstract

Let $N_{g}$ denote the closed non-orientable surface of genus $g$ and let ${\mathcal M} _g$ denote the mapping class group of $N_{g}$. Let ${\mathcal T} _g$ denote the twist subgroup of ${\mathcal M} _g$ which is the subgroup of ${\mathcal M} _g$ is generated by all Dehn twists. In this thesis, we proved that ${\mathcal T} _g$ is generated by six involutions for $g \geq 16$ or $g = 14$.