Combinatorics of Train Tracks. (AM-125)
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Publication:4002787
DOI10.1515/9781400882458zbMath0765.57001OpenAlexW2482597935MaRDI QIDQ4002787
Robert C. Penner, John L. Harer
Publication date: 18 September 1992
Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400882458
graphgeodesicsrecurrencemapping class group2-manifoldstransversetrain tracksmeasured laminationprojective laminations
Fuchsian groups and their generalizations (group-theoretic aspects) (20H10) General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50) Teichmüller theory for Riemann surfaces (30F60) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to manifolds and cell complexes (57-02)
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