For genus ≥ 4, meridian multitwists vanish in H_1 of any finite-index subgroup of the handlebody group, and subgroups containing the Torelli group, twist group, or Johnson kernel have trivial rational abelianization.
A small normal generating set for the handlebody subgroup of the Torelli group
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We prove that the handlebody subgroup of the Torelli group of an orientable surface is generated by genus one BP-maps. As an application, we give a normal generating set for the handlebody subgroup of the level $d$ mapping class group of an orientable surface.
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Abelianizations of finite-index subgroups of the handlebody group
For genus ≥ 4, meridian multitwists vanish in H_1 of any finite-index subgroup of the handlebody group, and subgroups containing the Torelli group, twist group, or Johnson kernel have trivial rational abelianization.