An Implementation of the Bestvina–Handel Algorithm for Surface Homeomorphisms

DOI10.1080/10586458.2000.10504648zbMath0982.57005arXivmath/9905155OpenAlexW1644242873MaRDI QIDQ2743872

Peter Brinkmann

Publication date: 17 September 2001

Published in: Experimental Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9905155

zbMATH Keywords

pseudo-Anosovtrain tracks

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Uniformly hyperbolic systems (expanding, Anosov, Axiom A, etc.) (37D20) Group actions on manifolds and cell complexes in low dimensions (57M60) Dynamical systems involving homeomorphisms and diffeomorphisms of planes and surfaces (37E30) Software, source code, etc. for problems pertaining to manifolds and cell complexes (57-04)

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