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Pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms not arising from branched covers

Geometric Topology 2017-11-28 v2

Abstract

In this paper we provide a negative answer to a question of Farb about the relation between the algebraic degree of the stretch factor of a pseudo-Anosov homeomorphism and the genus of the surface on which it is defined.

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@article{arxiv.1711.06881,
  title  = {Pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms not arising from branched covers},
  author = {Christopher J Leininger and Alan W. Reid},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.06881},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

v2: Corrected minor errors