Combinatorics of tight geodesics and stable lengths

DOI10.1090/TRAN/6301zbMATH Open1339.57029arXiv1305.3566OpenAlexW2011576801MaRDI QIDQ2944826FDOQ2944826

Richard C. H. Webb

Publication date: 8 September 2015

Published in: Transactions of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We give an algorithm to compute the stable lengths of pseudo-Anosovs on the curve graph, answering a question of Bowditch. We also give a procedure to compute all invariant tight geodesic axes of pseudo-Anosovs. Along the way we show that there are constants $1<a_1<a_2$ such that the minimal upper bound on `slices' of tight geodesics is bounded below and above by $a_1^{xi(S)}$ and $a_2^{xi(S)}$, where $xi(S)$ is the complexity of the surface. As a consequence, we give the first computable bounds on the asymptotic dimension of curve graphs and mapping class groups. Our techniques involve a generalization of Masur--Minsky's tight geodesics and a new class of paths on which their tightening procedure works.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1305.3566

zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic dimensionmapping class groupcurve graphtight geodesicstable length

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric group theory (20F65) General low-dimensional topology (57M99)

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