Pseudo-Anosov flows and the geometry of Anosov-like group actions

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Main Authors: Barthelmé, Thomas, Mann, Kathryn, Paulet, Neige, Zalloum, Abdul
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Published: 2026
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author Barthelmé, Thomas
Mann, Kathryn
Paulet, Neige
Zalloum, Abdul
author_facet Barthelmé, Thomas
Mann, Kathryn
Paulet, Neige
Zalloum, Abdul
contents We show that the action on its orbit space induced by a pseudo-Anosov flow on a closed $3$-manifold (and more general Anosov-like actions) can be seen as an isometric action on a Gromov-hyperbolic space. When the flow is not $\R$-covered, we show that this action admits elements that are weakly properly discontinuous and deduce that elements of $π_1(M)$ that do \emph{not} represent a periodic orbit of the flow are generic for any word metric coming from a finite generating set. We also give a number of other geometric group-theoretic results for Anosov-like group actions on bifoliated planes.
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spellingShingle Pseudo-Anosov flows and the geometry of Anosov-like group actions
Barthelmé, Thomas
Mann, Kathryn
Paulet, Neige
Zalloum, Abdul
Dynamical Systems
Geometric Topology
We show that the action on its orbit space induced by a pseudo-Anosov flow on a closed $3$-manifold (and more general Anosov-like actions) can be seen as an isometric action on a Gromov-hyperbolic space. When the flow is not $\R$-covered, we show that this action admits elements that are weakly properly discontinuous and deduce that elements of $π_1(M)$ that do \emph{not} represent a periodic orbit of the flow are generic for any word metric coming from a finite generating set. We also give a number of other geometric group-theoretic results for Anosov-like group actions on bifoliated planes.
title Pseudo-Anosov flows and the geometry of Anosov-like group actions
topic Dynamical Systems
Geometric Topology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.12837