摘要
Let S be a Riemann surface that contains one puncture x. Let be the collection of simple closed geodesics on S, and let denote the set of mapping classes on S isotopic to the identity on S U {x}. Denote by tc the positive Dehn twist about a curve c ∈ . In this paper, the author studies the products of forms （tb^-m o t^na） o f^k, where a, b ∈ and f ∈ . It is easy to see that if a = b or a, b are boundary components of an x-punctured cylinder on S, then one may find an element f ∈ such that the sequence （tb^-m o t^na） ofk contains infinitely many powers of Dehn twists. The author shows that the converse statement remains true, that is, if the sequence （tb^-m o t^na） o f^k contains infinitely many powers of Dehn twists, then a, b must be the boundary components of an x-punctured cylinder on S and f is a power of the spin map tb^-1 o ta.
