On Genericity of Pseudo-Anosovs in the Torelli Group

DOI10.1093/IMRN/RNS095zbMATH Open1351.37009arXiv1102.0601OpenAlexW2023364499MaRDI QIDQ5251438FDOQ5251438

Juan Souto, Justin Malestein

Publication date: 20 May 2015

Published in: IMRN. International Mathematics Research Notices (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that, for any (symmetric) finite generating set of the Torelli group of a closed surface, the probability that a random word is not pseudo-Anosov decays exponentially in terms of the length of the word.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1102.0601

zbMATH Keywords

Torelli grouppseudo-Anosovrandom word

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General groups of measure-preserving transformations and dynamical systems (37A15) Combinatorics on words (68R15)

Cited In (10)

• Genericity of pseudo-Anosov mapping classes, when seen as mapping classes
• Sieve methods in group theory. II: The mapping class group
• On the genericity of pseudo-Anosov braids. II: Conjugations to rigid braids.
• Non virtually solvable subgroups of mapping class groups have non virtually solvable representations
• Homological eigenvalues of lifts of pseudo-Anosov mapping classes to finite covers
• Quasimorphisms, random walks, and transient subsets in countable groups
• Contracting elements and random walks
• Expander graphs in pure and applied mathematics
• Subgroups generated by two pseudo-Anosov elements in a mapping class group. II. Uniform bound on exponents
• Arithmetic quotients of the mapping class group

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