Unimodal generalized pseudo-Anosov maps (Q1882845)

This extended paper consists of 8 sections. The introductory Section 1 contains the overview on pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms and some basis definitions and notation. In Section 2 -- Markov thick interval maps -- a brief description of thick interval maps, where the surface is the sphere and the graph is an interval, is given. The Section 3 -- Generalized train tracks -- contains a description of generalized train tracks associated to thick interval maps. The Section 4 -- Unimodal maps, symbolic dynamics and the horseshoe -- contains a summary of the theory of unimodal maps, symbolic dynamics and the Smale horseshoe which will be used later. In Section 5 -- The outside dynamics of a unimodal map -- a description of those orbits of a unimodal map which are never lost ``inside'' the fold is provided. In Section 6 -- Invariant unimodal generalized train tracks -- the invariant generalized train tracks corresponding to elements of the set of periodic or preperiodic kneading sequences, whose associated transition matrices are irreducible and aperiodic, are described explicitly. In Section 7 -- Unimodal generalized pseudo-Anosov maps -- the construction of generalized pseudo-Anosov maps starting from the invariant train tracks of Section 6 is described. In Section 8 -- The complex structure -- it is shown that the topological sphere \(S\) constructed above carries a natural complex structure which makes it into a complex sphere. With respect to this structure the \(\Phi\)-invariant foliations become the horizontal and vertical trajectories of an integrable quadratic differential which is meromorphic away from finitely many essential singularities, with respect to which \(\Phi\) is a Teichmüller mapping. The text of the paper is accompanied by many interesting and useful figures.