The converse flow conjecture for minimal P-zippers

Let MM be a hyperbolic 3-manifold. A minimal P-zipper is a minimal P-zipper Z±Z^\pm for MM, with endpoint maps denoted e±e^\pm and corresponding spaces P±P^\pm. The converse flow conjecture. There is a quasigeodesic pseudo-Anosov flow XX on MM whose endpoint maps satisfy

e±(P±)=Z±.e^\pm(P^\pm)=Z^\pm.

Moreover, XX has no perfect fits if and only if Z±Z^\pm is a zipper. This would provide a converse to the construction of zippers from quasigeodesic pseudo-Anosov flows, connecting minimal P-zippers with dynamical structures on hyperbolic 3-manifolds.

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Danny Calegari and Ino Loukidou, “Zippers”, arXiv:2411.15610 (2026).

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