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Geometrization of postcritically finite branched coverings

Dynamical Systems 2010-11-18 v2

Abstract

We study canonical decompositions of postcritically finite branched coverings of the 2-sphere, as defined by K.~Pilgrim. We show that every hyperbolic cycle in the decomposition does not have a Thurston obstruction. It is thus Thurston equivalent to a rational map.

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@article{arxiv.1011.1929,
  title  = {Geometrization of postcritically finite branched coverings},
  author = {Sylvain Bonnot and Michael Yampolsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1011.1929},
  year   = {2010}
}

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