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Origami, affine maps, and complex dynamics

Dynamical Systems 2017-08-24 v1

Abstract

We investigate the combinatorial and dynamical properties of so-called nearly Euclidean Thurston maps, or NET maps. These maps are perturbations of many-to-one folding maps of an affine two-sphere to itself. The close relationship between NET maps and affine maps makes computation of many invariants tractable. In addition to this, NET maps are quite diverse, exhibiting many different behaviors. We discuss data, findings, and new phenomena.

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@article{arxiv.1612.06449,
  title  = {Origami, affine maps, and complex dynamics},
  author = {William Floyd and Gregory Kelsey and Sarah Koch and Russell Lodge and Walter Parry and Kevin M. Pilgrim and Edgar Saenz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.06449},
  year   = {2017}
}
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