Surface diffeomorphisms via train-tracks

Topology and its Applications

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 141-167

  Hamidi Tehrani, Hessam ^a   Chen, Zong He ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Birman series conditions; Dehn twist; Mapping class group; Measured train track; 1 train track; Pseudo anosov

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003247770     PISSN: 0016660X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-8641(96)00024-7     Document Type: Article

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