Pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms not arising from branched covers
Christopher J. Leininger
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USAAlan W. Reid
Rice University, Houston, USA
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Abstract
In this paper we provide a negative answer to a question of Farb about the relation between the algebraic degree of the stretch factor of a pseudo-Anosov homeomorphism and the genus of the surface on which it is defined.
Cite this article
Christopher J. Leininger, Alan W. Reid, Pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms not arising from branched covers. Groups Geom. Dyn. 14 (2020), no. 1, pp. 151–175
DOI 10.4171/GGD/539