The mapping class group of a compact connected oriented topological surface, for orientation-preserving maps fixing its boundary pointwise and isotopies relative to that boundary, is generated by Dehn twists about simple closed curves. Boundary-parallel twists are allowed. For a closed surface of positive genus a finite generating collection exists. Permuting boundary components requires additional generators if that larger group is used.
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