1 June 2011 Curve complexes are rigid
Kasra Rafi, Saul Schleimer
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Duke Math. J. 158(2): 225-246 (1 June 2011). DOI: 10.1215/00127094-1334004

Abstract

Any quasi-isometry of the curve complex is bounded distance from a simplicial automorphism. As a consequence, the quasi-isometry type of the curve complex determines the homeomorphism type of the surface.

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Kasra Rafi. Saul Schleimer. "Curve complexes are rigid." Duke Math. J. 158 (2) 225 - 246, 1 June 2011. https://doi.org/10.1215/00127094-1334004

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Published: 1 June 2011
First available in Project Euclid: 31 May 2011

zbMATH: 1227.57024
MathSciNet: MR2805069
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1215/00127094-1334004

Subjects:
Primary: 57M50
Secondary: 20F65

Rights: Copyright © 2011 Duke University Press

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