On the minimum dilatation of braids on punctured discs

DOI10.1007/S10711-010-9551-2zbMATH Open1230.37047OpenAlexW3100051123WikidataQ59425937 ScholiaQ59425937MaRDI QIDQ540491FDOQ540491

Authors Erwan Lanneau, Jean-Luc Thiffeault

Publication date 3 June 2011

Published in Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1004.5344

zbMATH Keywords

foliationsbraidspseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamical systems of geometric origin and hyperbolicity (geodesic and horocycle flows, etc.) (37D40) Dynamical systems involving homeomorphisms and diffeomorphisms of planes and surfaces (37E30)

Abstract: We find the minimum dilatation of pseudo-Anosov braids on n-punctured discs for 3 <= n <= 8. This covers the results of Song-Ko-Los (n=4) and Ham-Song (n=5). The proof is elementary, and uses the Lefschetz formula.

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