New proofs of some results of Nielsen
New proofs of some results of Nielsen
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DOI:
10.1016/0001-8708(85)90028-3
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发表时间:
1985-05
影响因子:
1.7
通讯作者:
M. Handel;W. Thurston
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作者:
M. Handel;W. Thurston
Given a compact oriented surface M with negative Euler characteristic and a homeomorphism z: M2-+ M2, what is the best representative cp: M2+ M2 in the isotopy class of s? Thurston [S] answered this question by defining pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms (a generalization of Anosov diffeomorphisms on T2) which may be characterized as follows. The homeomorphism rp is pseudo-Anosov iff there is a pair of transverse measured geodesic laminations/i” and AU which intersect each closed nonperipheral geodesic in h4, which are (topologically) preserved by cp and which have their respective transverse measures multiplied under the action of CP by l/n and d for some L> 1.Thurston showed that cp: M*+ M2 can be pieced together from homeomorphisms of subsurfaces which are either periodic or pseudo-Anosov. More precisely, Thurston proved Theorem 0.1. The preprint [S] provides an introduction to this Theorem, describing many of the useful properties of pseudo-Anosov diffeomorphisms. The proof outlined in [S] is contained in [111.