{
  "id": "1711.06881",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2017-11-18T16:00:33.000Z",
  "updated": "2017-11-18T16:00:33.000Z",
  "title": "Pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms not arising from branched covers",
  "authors": [
    "Christopher J Leininger",
    "Alan W. Reid"
  ],
  "categories": [
    "math.GT"
  ],
  "abstract": "In this paper we provide a negative answer to a question of Farb about the relation between the algebraic degree of the stretch factor of a pseudo-Anosov homeomorphism and the genus of the surface on which it is defined.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2017-11-18T16:00:33.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "pseudo-anosov homeomorphism",
      "branched covers",
      "algebraic degree",
      "stretch factor"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}