paper

The Arnoux-Yoccoz mapping classes via Penner's construction

arXiv:1805.01248 · doi:10.24033/bsmf.2809

Abstract

We give a new description of the Arnoux-Yoccoz mapping classes as a product of two Dehn twists and a finite order element. The construction is analogous to Penner's construction of mapping classes with small stretch factors.

9 figures, 13 pages