Dilatation versus self-intersection number for point-pushing pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms

Details Dilatation versus self-intersection number for point-pushing pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms Dilatation versus self-intersection number for point-pushing pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms

2010-04-22

arxiv.org/abs/1004.3936v3

J Topology 4 (2011) no.4: 942-984

Mathematics

Geometric Topology

Final version -- 50 pages, 21 figures. Accepted for publication in the Journal of Topology

Scientific paper

10.1112/jtopol/jtr023

A filling curve $\gamma$ on a based surface $S$ determines a pseudo-Anosov homeomorphism $P(\gamma)$ of $S$ via the process of "point-pushing along $\gamma$." We consider the relationship between the self-intersection number $i(\gamma)$ of $\gamma$ and the dilatation of $P(\gamma)$; our main result is that the dilatation is bounded between $(i(\gamma)+1)^{1/5}$ and $9^{i(\gamma)}$. We also bound the least dilatation of any pseudo-Anosov in the point-pushing subgroup of a closed surface and prove that this number tends to infinity with genus. Lastly, we investigate the minimal entropy of any pseudo-Anosov homeomorphism obtained by pushing along a curve with self-intersection number $k$ and show that, for a closed surface, this number grows like $\log(k)$.

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