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Rauzy fractals with countable fundamental group

Dynamical Systems 2016-03-11 v3 Discrete Mathematics Combinatorics

Abstract

We prove that every free group of finite rank can be realized as the fundamental group of a planar Rauzy fractal associated with a 4-letter unimodular cubic Pisot substitution. This characterizes all countable fundamental groups for planar Rauzy fractals. We give an explicit construction relying on two operations on substitutions: symbolic splittings and conjugations by free group automorphisms.

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@article{arxiv.1312.7829,
  title  = {Rauzy fractals with countable fundamental group},
  author = {Timo Jolivet and Benoît Loridant and Jun Luo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.7829},
  year   = {2016}
}

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14 pages, v3 includes some corrections to match the published version

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