An effective algebraic detection of the Nielsen–Thurston classification of mapping classes

DOI10.1142/S1793525315500016zbMath1328.57022arXiv1312.6141OpenAlexW2951808958MaRDI QIDQ5496332

Thomas Koberda, Johanna Mangahas

Publication date: 30 January 2015

Published in: Journal of Topology and Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1312.6141

zbMATH Keywords

mapping class groupRiemann surfacepseudo-Anosov homeomorphismNielsen-Thurston classificationclassifying coverDehn twists and half-twists

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50) Group actions on manifolds and cell complexes in low dimensions (57M60) Geometric structures on manifolds of high or arbitrary dimension (57N16)

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