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On period minimal pseudo-Anosov braids

Author(s): André de Carvalho; Toby Hall; Rupert Venzke
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 137 (2009), 1771-1776.
MSC (2000): Primary 37E30
Posted: December 10, 2008
MathSciNet review: 2470836
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Abstract: A family of period minimal pseudo-Anosov braids, one for each pair of Farey neighbors in $ (0,1/2]$, is described.


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Additional Information:

André de Carvalho
Affiliation: Departamento de Matemática Aplicada, IME-USP, Rua do Matão 1010, Cidade Universitária, 05508-090 São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Toby Hall
Affiliation: Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZL, United Kingdom

Rupert Venzke
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125
Address at time of publication: Department of Mathematics, Northwestern University, 2033 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-08-09709-8
PII: S 0002-9939(08)09709-8
Received by editor(s): July 15, 2008
Posted: December 10, 2008
Additional Notes: The first author is grateful for support from CNPq grant No. 309679/2007-9 and FAPESP grant No. 2006/03829-2
Communicated by: Bryna Kra
Copyright of article: Copyright 2008, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.




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