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Assume \\(P_f\\) is finite, in which case \\(f\\) is called a Thurston map. Two Thurston maps \\(f,g\\) are called combinatorially equivalent if they are isotopic via an isotopy \\(h_t:S^2\\setminus P_f\\to S^2\\setminus P_g\\) that is constant on \\(P_f\\).  Thurston gave in [\\textit{A. Douady} and \\textit{J. H. Hubbard}, Acta Math. 171, No. 2, 263--297 (1993; Zbl 0806.30027)] a characterization of those Thurston maps that are combinatorially equivalent to a rational function, in terms of multicurves. A multicurve for \\(f\\) is a collection \\(\\Gamma\\) of disjoint, closed, non-trivial closed curves on \\(S^2\\setminus P_f\\), none of which surrounds a single puncture. the multicurve \\(\\Gamma\\) is said to be invariant if every \\(f\\)-preimage of every curve \\(\\gamma\\in\\Gamma\\) is either homotopic to a curve in \\(\\Gamma\\) or surrounds at most one puncture. 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