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Recognising perfect fits

Geometric Topology 2025-12-02 v2

Abstract

A pseudo-Anosov flow is said to have perfect fits if there are stable and unstable leaves that are asymptotic in the universal cover. We give an algorithm to decide, given a box decomposition of a pseudo-Anosov flow, if the flow has perfect fits. As a corollary, we obtain an algorithm to decide whether two flows without perfect fits are orbit equivalent.

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@article{arxiv.2501.00232,
  title  = {Recognising perfect fits},
  author = {Layne Hall},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.00232},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

v2: 37 pages, 19 figures; moderate revisions throughout. To appear in Groups, Geometry, and Dynamics

R2 v1 2026-06-28T20:53:01.978Z