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Expansion complexes for finite subdivision rules. II

Author(s): J. W. Cannon; W. J. Floyd; W. R. Parry
Journal: Conform. Geom. Dyn. 10 (2006), 326-354.
MSC (2000): Primary 30F45, 52C20; Secondary 20F67, 52C20
Posted: December 6, 2006
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Abstract: This paper gives applications of earlier work of the authors on the use of expansion complexes for studying conformality of finite subdivision rules. The first application is that a one-tile rotationally invariant finite subdivision rule (with bounded valence and mesh approaching 0) has an invariant partial conformal structure, and hence is conformal. The paper next considers one-tile single valence finite subdivision rules. It is shown that an expansion map for such a finite subdivision rule can be conjugated to a linear map, and that the finite subdivision rule is conformal exactly when this linear map is either a dilation or has eigenvalues that are not real. Finally, an example is given of an irreducible finite subdivision rule that has a parabolic expansion complex and a hyperbolic expansion complex.


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Additional Information:

J. W. Cannon
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602
Email: cannon@math.byu.edu

W. J. Floyd
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
Email: floyd@math.vt.edu

W. R. Parry
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197
Email: walter.parry@emich.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S1088-4173-06-00127-5
PII: S 1088-4173(06)00127-5
Keywords: Conformality, expansion complex, finite subdivision rule
Received by editor(s): November 22, 2004
Posted: December 6, 2006
Additional Notes: This research was supported in part by NSF grants DMS-9803868, DMS-9971783, DMS-10104030, and DMS-0203902.
Copyright of article: Copyright 2006, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.


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