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We address the question of determining which mapping class groups of infinite-type surfaces admit nonelementary continuous actions on hyperbolic spaces. More precisely, let $Sigma$ be a connected, orientable surface of infinite type with tame endspace whose mapping class group is generated by a coarsely bounded subset. We prove that $mathrm{Map}(Sigma)$ admits a continuous nonelementary action on a hyperbolic space if and only if $Sigma$ contains a finite-type subsurface which intersects all its homeomorphic translates. When $Sigma$ contains such a nondisplaceable subsurface $K$ of finite type, the hyperbolic space we build is constructed from the curve graphs of $K$ and its homeomorphic translates via a construction of Bestvina, Bromberg and Fujiwara. Our construction has several applications: first, the second bounded cohomology of $mathrm{Map}(Sigma)$ contains an embedded $ell^1$; second, using work of Dahmani, Guirardel and Osin, we deduce that $mathrm{Map}(Sigma)$ contains nontrivial normal free subgroups (while it does not if $Sigma$ has no nondisplaceable subsurface of finite type), has uncountably many quotients and is SQ-universal.
We study two actions of big mapping class groups. The first is an action by isometries on a Gromov-hyperbolic graph. The second is an action by homeomorphisms on a circle in which the vertices of the graph naturally embed. The first two parts of th
We survey recent developments on mapping class groups of surfaces of infinite topological type.
We study the action of (big) mapping class groups on the first homology of the corresponding surface. We give a precise characterization of the image of the induced homology representation.
We study stable commutator length on mapping class groups of certain infinite-type surfaces. In particular, we show that stable commutator length defines a continuous function on the commutator subgroups of such infinite-type mapping class groups. We
In this paper, we prove a combination theorem for indicable subgroups of infinite-type (or big) mapping class groups. Importantly, all subgroups from the combination theorem, as well as those from the other results of the paper, can be constructed so