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The curves not carried

Geometric Topology 2015-09-22 v2

Abstract

Suppose τ\tau is a train track on a surface SS. Let C(τ)C(\tau) be the set of isotopy classes of simple closed curves carried by τ\tau. Masur and Minsky [2004] prove C(τ)C(\tau) is quasi-convex inside the curve complex C(S)C(S). We prove the complement, C(S)C(τ)C(S) - C(\tau), is quasi-convex.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1410.4886,
  title  = {The curves not carried},
  author = {Vaibhav Gadre and Saul Schleimer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.4886},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

12 pages, 9 figures. Improved exposition in Section 2. Fixed a mistake in the proof of Lemma 5.4

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