Regular b-groups and repeated Dehn twists

1988 ◽  
pp. 169-192
Author(s):  
Dennis A. Hejhal
Keyword(s):  
Dehn Twists

Pseudo-Anosov Theory

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benson Farb ◽  
Dan Margalit
Keyword(s):  
Braid Groups ◽  
Intersection Numbers ◽  
Branched Covers ◽  
Algebraic Integers ◽  
Dehn Twists ◽  
Mapping Classes ◽  
Dynamical Properties

This chapter focuses on the construction as well as the algebraic and dynamical properties of pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms. It first presents five different constructions of pseudo-Anosov mapping classes: branched covers, constructions via Dehn twists, homological criterion, Kra's construction, and a construction for braid groups. It then proves a few fundamental facts concerning stretch factors of pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms, focusing on the theorem that pseudo-Anosov stretch factors are algebraic integers. It also considers the spectrum of pseudo-Anosov stretch factors, along with the special properties of those measured foliations that are the stable (or unstable) foliations of some pseudo-Anosov homeomorphism. Finally, it describes the orbits of a pseudo-Anosov homeomorphism as well as lengths of curves and intersection numbers under iteration.

scholarly journals Open books for Boothby-Wang bundles, fibered Dehn twists and the mean Euler characteristic

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 379-426 ◽  
Author(s):  
River Chiang ◽  
Fan Ding ◽  
Otto van Koert
Keyword(s):  
Euler Characteristic ◽  
Open Books ◽  
Dehn Twists ◽  
The Mean

The logarithms of Dehn twists

10.4171/qt/54 ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 347-423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nariya Kawazumi ◽  
Yusuke Kuno
Keyword(s):  
Dehn Twists

scholarly journals Centralisers of Dehn twist automorphisms of free groups

2015 ◽  
Vol 159 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
MORITZ RODENHAUSEN ◽  
RICHARD D. WADE
Keyword(s):  
Free Group ◽  
Finite Index ◽  
Free Groups ◽  
Dehn Twist ◽  
Classifying Space ◽  
Dehn Twists ◽  
Automorphisms Of Free Groups

AbstractWe refine Cohen and Lustig's description of centralisers of Dehn twists of free groups. We show that the centraliser of a Dehn twist of a free group has a subgroup of finite index that has a finite classifying space. We describe an algorithm to find a presentation of the centraliser. We use this algorithm to give an explicit presentation for the centraliser of a Nielsen automorphism in Aut(Fn). This gives restrictions to actions of Aut(Fn) on CAT(0) spaces.

scholarly journals Exotic iterated Dehn twists

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (6) ◽  
pp. 3305-3324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Seidel
Keyword(s):  
Dehn Twists

scholarly journals ON PRODUCTS OF PSEUDO-ANOSOV MAPS AND DEHN TWISTS OF RIEMANN SURFACES WITH PUNCTURES

2010 ◽  
Vol 88 (3) ◽  
pp. 413-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. ZHANG
Keyword(s):  
Riemann Surface ◽  
Riemann Surfaces ◽  
Dehn Twists

AbstractLet S be a Riemann surface of type (p,n) with 3p+n>4 and n≥1. We investigate products of some pseudo-Anosov maps θ and Dehn twists tα on S, and prove that under certain conditions the products tkα∘θ are pseudo-Anosov for all integers k. We also give examples that show that tkα∘θ are not pseudo-Anosov for some integers k.

scholarly journals Dehn filling Dehn twists

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
François Dahmani ◽  
Mark Hagen ◽  
Alessandro Sisto
Keyword(s):  
Mapping Class Group ◽  
Class Group ◽  
Hyperbolic Group ◽  
Low Complexity ◽  
Mapping Class ◽  
Dehn Twists ◽  
Hyperbolic Graph ◽  
Unbounded Orbits ◽  
Cocompact Subgroup ◽  
Sigma G

Abstract Let $\Sigma _{g,p}$ be the genus–g oriented surface with p punctures, with either g > 0 or p > 3. We show that $MCG(\Sigma _{g,p})/DT$ is acylindrically hyperbolic where DT is the normal subgroup of the mapping class group $MCG(\Sigma _{g,p})$ generated by $K^{th}$ powers of Dehn twists about curves in $\Sigma _{g,p}$ for suitable K. Moreover, we show that in low complexity $MCG(\Sigma _{g,p})/DT$ is in fact hyperbolic. In particular, for 3g − 3 + p ⩽ 2, we show that the mapping class group $MCG(\Sigma _{g,p})$ is fully residually non-elementary hyperbolic and admits an affine isometric action with unbounded orbits on some $L^q$ space. Moreover, if every hyperbolic group is residually finite, then every convex-cocompact subgroup of $MCG(\Sigma _{g,p})$ is separable. The aforementioned results follow from general theorems about composite rotating families, in the sense of [13], that come from a collection of subgroups of vertex stabilizers for the action of a group G on a hyperbolic graph X. We give conditions ensuring that the graph X/N is again hyperbolic and various properties of the action of G on X persist for the action of G/N on X/N.

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