The Markovian-family conjecture for pseudo-Anosov flows

Let Φ\Phi be a pseudo-Anosov flow, let P\mathcal{P} be its bifoliated plane, and let R\mathcal{R} be a Markovian family for Φ\Phi. A reduced Markov partition of Φ\Phi is a Markov partition with the reduction specified in the source, and its lifts to R3\mathbb{R}^3 form a family of rectangles whose projections to P\mathcal{P} can be considered. Markovian-family conjecture. Every Markovian family of Φ\Phi corresponds to the projection on P\mathcal{P} of the family of lifts on R3\mathbb{R}^3 of the rectangles of a reduced Markov partition of Φ\Phi. Markovian families are proposed as analogues of Markov partitions inside the bifoliated plane, and the conjecture asserts that every such family arises from a reduced Markov partition.

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Ioannis Iakovoglou, “Markovian families for pseudo-Anosov flows”, arXiv:2509.19530 (2025).

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