Mapping tori of small dilatation expanding train-track maps

Yael Algom-Kfir, Kasra Rafi

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Abstract

An expanding train-track map on a graph of rank n is P-small if its dilatation is bounded above by Pn. We prove that for every P there is a finite list of mapping tori X1, . . ., XA, with A depending only on P and not n, so that the mapping torus associated with every P-small expanding train-track map can be obtained by surgery on some Xi. We also show that, given an integer P>0, there is a bound M depending only on P and not n, so that the fundamental group of the mapping torus of any P-small expanding train-track map has a presentation with less than M generators and M relations. We also provide some bounds for the smallest possible dilatation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)44-63
Number of pages20
JournalTopology and its Applications
Volume180
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Feb 2015

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Keywords

  • Geometric group theory
  • Mapping tori
  • Out(F)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Geometry and Topology

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