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Geometrization of sub-hyperbolic semi-rational branched coverings

Complex Variables 2012-07-06 v1 Dynamical Systems Geometric Topology

Abstract

Given a sub-hyperbolic semi-rational branched covering which is not CLH-equivalent a rational map, it must have the non-empty canonical Thurston obstruction. By using this canonical Thurston obstruction, we decompose this dynamical system in this paper into several sub-dynamical systems. Each of these sub-dynamical systems is either a post-critically finite type branched covering or a sub-hyperbolic semi-rational type branched covering. If a sub-dynamical system is a post-critically finite type branched covering with a hyperbolic orbifold, then it has no Thurston obstruction and is combinatorially equivalent to a unique post-critically finite rational map (up to conjugation by an automorphism of the Riemann sphere) and, more importantly, if a sub-dynamical system is a sub-hyperbolic semi-rational type branched covering with hyperbolic orbifold, we prove in this paper that it has no Thurston obstruction and is CLH-equivalent to a unique geometrically finite rational map (up to conjugation by an automorphism of the Riemann sphere).

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@article{arxiv.1207.1292,
  title  = {Geometrization of sub-hyperbolic semi-rational branched coverings},
  author = {Tao Cheng and Yunping Jiang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.1292},
  year   = {2012}
}