Constructs entropy-minimizing pseudo-Anosov diffeomorphisms on K3 surfaces.
problem Finding minimal entropy diffeomorphisms on K3 surfaces.
method Constructs pseudo-Anosov diffeomorphisms minimizing entropy.
result Obtains infinitely many entropy-minimizing diffeomorphisms.
Study shows partial hyperbolicity leads to Anosov dynamics in 3-manifolds.
problem Understanding dynamics in hyperbolic 3-manifolds and Seifert manifolds.
method Classification of partially hyperbolic diffeomorphisms and pseudo-Anosov dynamics.
result Complete classification of partially hyperbolic diffeomorphisms in hyperbolic 3-manifolds and Seifert manifolds.
The study of pseudo-Anosovs through mapping torus geometry.
problem Understanding pseudo-Anosov diffeomorphisms via mapping torus geometry.
method Analyzing simplicial complexes and mapping tori to relate dynamics and geometry.
result Relating pseudo-Anosov actions to fixed points in isotopy classes.
Study on mapping classes of real rational surface automorphisms, focusing on reducible maps and pseudo-Anosov maps.
problem Investigating the mapping classes of real rational surface automorphisms and their restrictions.
method Analysis of reducible maps, determination of pseudo-Anosov mapping classes, and comparison with Penner's construction.
result Realized Lehmer's number as the stretch factor of a pseudo-Anosov map on a specific surface.
Maximal dilatation found on nonorientable surfaces.
problem Finding maximal dilatation on nonorientable surfaces.
method Proving irreducibility of a polynomial to show maximal dilatation.
result Maximal dilatation is achieved by the Liechti-Strenner polynomial.
Study shows certain diffeomorphisms cannot be dynamically coherent.
problem Dynamically coherent behavior in partially hyperbolic diffeomorphisms.
method Analyzes pseudo-Anosov components and Nielsen-Thurston classification.
result Extends previous work to larger class of diffeomorphisms.
Study on 3-manifolds admitting pseudo-Anosov maps on subsurfaces.
problem Which 3-manifolds admit pseudo-Anosov maps on incompressible subsurfaces?
method Determine self-homeomorphisms of 3-manifolds that restrict to pseudo-Anosov maps on subsurfaces.
result Self-homeomorphisms of irreducible 3-manifolds are isotopic to partially pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms.
An earlier article with Francis Bonahon introduced new invariants for pseudo-Anosov diffeomorphisms of surface, based on the representation theory of the quantum Teichmuller space. We explicity compute these quantum hyperbolic invariants in the case of the 1-puncture torus and the 4-puncture sphere.
The paper calculates intertwiners for a torus and proves a conjecture about their limits.
problem Relating quantum invariants to hyperbolic geometry using intertwiners.
method Explicit calculation of intertwiners for a closed torus and periodic diffeomorphisms.
result The limit superior of the trace of intertwiners is zero for certain diffeomorphisms.
We prove that the Teichmueller disc stabilized by the Arnoux-Yoccoz pseudo-Anosov diffeomorphism contains at least two closed Teichmueller geodesics. This proves that the corresponding flat surface does not have a cyclic Veech group. In addition, we prove that this Teichmueller disc is dense inside the hyperelliptic lo…
It has been known since 1981 that if one fixes an orientable surface S of genus g, then there is a real number λmin,g>1 that is the dilatation of a pA diffeomorphism of S, and every other pA diffeomorphism of S has dilatation ≥λmin,g. We will show how a little-known theorem about digraphs gives …
The free factor graph for Aut(F_N) is not hyperbolic.
problem Characterizing the geometry of the free factor graph for Aut(F_N).
method Analyzing the quasi-isometric embedding of orbits in the graph of free factors.
result The free factor graph for Aut(F_N) is not hyperbolic.
This thesis classifies pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms using geometric Markov partitions.
problem Classifying pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms up to topological conjugacy.
method Algorithmic approach using geometric Markov partitions.
result Geometric type is a complete invariant of conjugation.
We prove that a ``bouillabaisse'' surface (translation surface which has two transverse parabolic elements) has totally real trace field. As a corollary, non trivial Veech groups which have no parabolic elements do exist. The proof follows Veech's viewpoint on Thurston's construction of pseudo-Anosov diffeomorphisms.
We continue our study of the monoid of right-veering diffeomorphisms on a compact oriented surface with nonempty boundary, introduced in [HKM2]. We conduct a detailed study of the case when the surface is a punctured torus; in particular, we exhibit the difference between the monoid of right-veering diffeomorphisms and…
We prove hyperbolic 3-manifolds are geometrically inflexible: a unit quasiconformal deformation of a Kleinian group extends to an equivariant bi-Lipschitz diffeomorphism between quotients whose pointwise bi-Lipschitz constant decays exponentially in the distance form the boundary of the convex core for points in the th…
We show that the reduced quantum hyperbolic invariants of pseudo-Anosov diffeomorphisms of punctured surfaces are intertwiners of local representations of the quantum Teichmüller spaces. We characterize them as the only intertwiners that satisfy certain natural cut-and-paste operations of topological quantum field theo…
We compute the Floer homology of mapping classes which do not have any pseudo-Anosov components in the sense of Thurston's theory of surface diffeomorphisms. The formula for the Floer homology is obtained from a topological separation of fixed points and a separation mechanism for Floer connecting orbits. As examples, …
The symplectic Floer homology HF_*(f) of a symplectomorphism f:S->S encodes data about the fixed points of f using counts of holomorphic cylinders in R x M_f, where M_f is the mapping torus of f. We give an algorithm to compute HF_*(f) for f a surface symplectomorphism in a pseudo-Anosov or reducible mapping class, com…
Study Agol cycles for pseudo-Anosov 3-braids.
problem Conditions for equivalent Agol cycles of pseudo-Anosov 3-braids.
method Investigate necessary and sufficient conditions.
result Necessary and sufficient conditions for equivalent Agol cycles of pseudo-Anosov 3-braids.
For any pseudo-Anosov diffeomorphism on a closed orientable surface S of genus greater than one, it is known by the work of Bers and Thurston that the topological entropy agrees with the translation distance on the Teichmüller space with respect to the Teichmüller metric. In this paper, we consider random walks on th…
New method constructs Birkhoff sections for pseudo-Anosov flows with controlled complexity.
problem Constructing Birkhoff sections for pseudo-Anosov flows with specific properties.
method Uses connection between pseudo-Anosov flows and veering triangulations to explicitly construct sections with controlled complexity.
result Shows that any transitive pseudo-Anosov flow has a Birkhoff section with two boundary components.
Construct pseudo-Anosovs from expanding interval maps, reconciling Thurston's construction.
problem Constructing pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms from expanding interval maps.
method Classifying circumstances for constructing pseudo-Anosovs from a specific subclass of generalized pseudo-Anosovs.
result Produces pseudo-Anosovs on surfaces of genus g with algebraically primitive translation structures and Salem dilatations. Deforms quasigeodesic flows to pseudo-Anosov ones.
problem Deforming quasigeodesic flows to pseudo-Anosov flows.
method Proves Calegari's conjecture by deforming flows.
result Proves every quasigeodesic flow can be deformed to pseudo-Anosov.
We show that any pseudo-Anosov map that is a lift of pseudo-Anosov homeomorphism of a nonorientable surface has vanishing SAF invariant. We also provide a criterion to certify that a pseudo-Anosov map is not such a lift.
New contact structures detected by contact homology.
problem Detecting pseudo-Anosov flows in contact structures.
method Introducing pseudo-Anosov contact structures and using contact homology.
result Contact homology detects pseudo-Anosov flows and contact structures properties.
Finitely many pseudo-Anosov flows without perfect fits in a 3-manifold.
problem Finite number of pseudo-Anosov flows without perfect fits in a 3-manifold.
method Analysis of veering triangulations and pseudo-Anosov flows.
result Finiteness of pseudo-Anosov flows without perfect fits.
Study on measurable pseudo-Anosov maps on surfaces.
problem Characterize dynamics of pseudo-Anosov maps on surfaces.
method Analyze measurable pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms with specific properties.
result Prove transitivity, dense periodic points, sensitivity, and ergodicity.
Study Agol cycles in pseudo-Anosov 3-braids.
problem Understanding conjugacy invariants of pseudo-Anosov maps.
method Investigate train tracks associated with Farey intervals and describe Agol cycles.
result Complete description of Agol cycles in pseudo-Anosov 3-braids.
New proof associates partitions to isotopic pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms.
problem Stable and unstable foliations for pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms.
method Geometric realization of Fathi's result for isotopic homeomorphisms.
result Associated stable and unstable partitions for isotopic pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms.
Loxodromic elements are pseudo-Anosov on specific graphs.
problem Characterizing loxodromic elements in specific groups.
method Analyzing subgroups acting on multiarc and curve graphs, and the handlebody group on disk graphs.
result Loxodromic elements are pseudo-Anosov on witness graphs.
Paper translates train track concepts to cluster algebras for pseudo-Anosov mapping classes.
problem Understanding pseudo-Anosov mapping classes on surfaces.
method Using Goncharov--Shen's potential function, the paper translates train track concepts into cluster algebra language.
result Proves sign stability of general pseudo-Anosov mapping classes.
New tree structure for pseudo-Anosovs from interval maps.
problem Understanding pseudo-Anosovs from interval maps.
method Tree structure on pseudo-Anosovs using rational numbers.
result Deepened dictionary between invariants.
New family of measurable pseudo-Anosov maps on spheres.
problem Generalizing pseudo-Anosov maps to measurable ones.
method Continuous family of homeomorphisms on sphere, semi-conjugate to core tent map.
result Measurable pseudo-Anosov maps have invariant dense streamlines with uniform measures.
We first prove rigidity results for pseudo-Anosov flows in prototypes of toroidal 3-manifolds: we show that a pseudo-Anosov flow in a Seifert fibered manifold is up to finite covers topologically equivalent to a geodesic flow and we show that a pseudo-Anosov flow in a solv manifold is topologically equivalent to a susp…
Horizontal surgery on pseudo-Anosov flows yields almost equivalent flows.
problem Understanding and manipulating pseudo-Anosov flows.
method Performing horizontal surgery on pseudo-Anosov flows by cutting along specific annuli and regluing with a Dehn twist.
result Horizontal Goodman surgery on transitive pseudo-Anosov flows yields an almost equivalent flow.
Characterizes pseudo-Anosov mapping classes using cluster algebra techniques.
problem Characterize pseudo-Anosov mapping classes purely in terms of shear coordinates.
method Uses cluster algebraic generalization and tropical cluster transformations.
result Algebraic entropies of cluster transformations match topological entropy.
Metric WPD for pseudo-Anosov maps shows many unbounded quasi-morphisms.
problem Understanding quasi-morphisms on pseudo-Anosov maps.
method Metric weak proper discontinuity (WPD) for pseudo-Anosov maps.
result Existence of many unbounded quasi-morphisms on homeomorphisms with large fixed sets.
Proves certain subgroups of genus 2 handlebody group are convex cocompact.
problem Characterizing subgroups of genus 2 handlebody group.
method Proving convex cocompactness of purely pseudo-Anosov subgroups.
result Finitely generated, purely pseudo-Anosov subgroups are convex cocompact.
Algorithm decides if pseudo-Anosov flows have perfect fits.
problem Determining if pseudo-Anosov flows have specific asymptotic properties.
method Algorithm based on box decompositions and universal cover analysis.
result Algorithmic decision on pseudo-Anosov flows' perfect fit status.
Characterizes pseudo-Anosov orbit spaces via bifoliated planes
problem Characterizing actions on bifoliated planes arising from pseudo-Anosov flows
method Using branched covers, veering triangulations, and a compactness criterion
result Extends previous work on the special case with no odd-prong singularities
We show that an orientable pseudo-Anosov homeomorphism has vanishing Sah-Arnoux-Fathi invariant if and only if the minimal polynomial of its dilatation is not reciprocal. We relate this to works of Margalit-Spallone and Birman, Brinkmann and Kawamuro. Mainly, we use Veech's construction of pseudo-Anosov maps to give ex…
Fixed pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms detect cinquefoil knot.
problem Detecting the cinquefoil knot using knot Floer homology.
method Using pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms and Floer homology.
result The cinquefoil knot is the only genus-two L-space knot.
The paper counts conjugacy classes of pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms in Teichmüller space.
problem Counting conjugacy classes of pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms in Teichmüller space.
method Analyzes the asymptotic behavior of conjugacy classes as the radius of a ball in Teichmüller space increases.
result Asymptotics for the number of pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms conjugate to a given homeomorphism within a ball of radius R centered at X.
This paper shows how pseudo-Anosov flows represent stable Hamiltonian classes and limits the ways 3-manifolds can be obtained from knots.
problem Understanding the canonical representatives of stable Hamiltonian classes and their implications for 3-manifolds.
method Explains the analogy between pseudo-Anosov flows and stable Hamiltonian classes and generalizes an argument to limit the ways 3-manifolds can be obtained from knots.
result There are finitely many pseudo-Anosov flows admitting positive Birkhoff sections on any given rational homology 3-sphere, and any 3-manifold can be obtained in at most finitely many ways as p/q surgery on a fibered hyperbolic knot in S3. Study non-transitive pseudo-Anosov flows using group actions.
problem Characterize pseudo-Anosov flows in 3-manifolds.
method Extend pseudo-Anosov action to non-transitive flows, use group actions on orbit spaces and boundary at infinity.
result Pseudo-Anosov flows in 3-manifolds are determined by their group actions on boundary at infinity.
New method shows pseudo-Anosov flows on graph manifolds can be simplified.
problem Understanding pseudo-Anosov flows on graph manifolds.
method Constructing a partial Birkhoff section with genus one components that misses finitely many closed orbits.
result Every pseudo-Anosov flow on a graph manifold is almost equivalent to a totally periodic flow or a suspension Anosov flow.
Pseudo-Anosov subgroups in surface bundles over tori are convex cocompact.
problem Understanding the structure of pseudo-Anosov subgroups in surface bundles over tori.
method Using the Birman exact sequence to show convex cocompactness.
result Finitely generated, purely pseudo-Anosov subgroups are convex cocompact in surface bundles over tori.