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Complete semi-conjugacies for psuedo-Anosov homeomorphisms

Dynamical Systems 2007-12-26 v2 Geometric Topology

Abstract

Suppose SS is a surface of genus 2\ge 2 , f:SSf: S \to S is a surface homeomorphism isotopic to a pseudo-Anosov map α\alpha and suppose \tiS\ti S is the universal cover of SS and FF and AA are lifts of ff and α\alpha respectively. We show there is a semiconjugacy Θ:\tiS\Lˉs×\Lˉu\Theta : \ti S \to \bar \L^s \times \bar \L^u from FF to Aˉ\bar A, where \Lˉs\bar \L^s (\Lˉu\bar \L^u) is the completion of the RR-tree of leaves of the stable (resp. unstable) foliation for AA and Aˉ\bar A is the map induced by AA. We also generalize a result of Markovich and show that for any gHomeo(S)g \in Homeo(S) which commutes with ff and has identity lift G:\tiS\tiSG : \ti S \to \ti S and for any (c,w)(c,w) in the image of Θ\Theta each component of Θ1(c,w)\Theta^{-1}(c,w) is GG-invariant.

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@article{arxiv.0712.3069,
  title  = {Complete semi-conjugacies for psuedo-Anosov homeomorphisms},
  author = {John Franks and Michael Handel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0712.3069},
  year   = {2007}
}
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