{"paper":{"title":"Dilatation versus self-intersection number for point-pushing pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["math.DS"],"primary_cat":"math.GT","authors_text":"Spencer Dowdall","submitted_at":"2010-04-22T14:49:28Z","abstract_excerpt":"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 ps"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1004.3936","kind":"arxiv","version":3},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}