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Pseudo-Anosov mapping classes not arising from Penner's construction

Geometric Topology 2016-01-20 v3

Abstract

We show that Galois conjugates of stretch factors of pseudo-Anosov mapping classes arising from Penner's construction lie off the unit circle. As a consequence, we show that for all but a few exceptional surfaces, there are examples of pseudo-Anosov mapping classes so that no power of them arises from Penner's construction. This resolves a conjecture of Penner.

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@article{arxiv.1410.6974,
  title  = {Pseudo-Anosov mapping classes not arising from Penner's construction},
  author = {Hyunshik Shin and Balázs Strenner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.6974},
  year   = {2016}
}

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12 pages, 1 figure

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