On the Jacobi Group and the Mapping Class Group of S3×S3

I'll discuss a relation between the mapping class group of Sk×Sk where k=1,3 or 7 on one hand and the (full) Jacobi group ΓJ and the group of (2k+1)-dimensional homotopy spheres on the other. Using a presentation of ΓJ and the μ-invariant of the homotopy spheres, I'll give a presentation of the mapping class group of Sk×Sk with generators and defining relations. Some corollaries of this result will be discussed.

Nikolai Krylov