Zippers-to-flows conjecture for hyperbolic groups

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Let GG be a hyperbolic group with boundary G\partial_\infty G homeomorphic to S2S^2, and suppose that Z±GZ^\pm\subset\partial_\infty G is a minimal GG-zipper. Let PZ+×ZP\subset Z^+\times Z^- be the closure of the set of pairs p+×pp^+\times p^- such that p±p^\pm are the fixed points of an infinite-order element gGg\in G fixing exactly one point in each of Z+Z^+ and ZZ^-. Zippers-to-flows conjecture. The space PP is homeomorphic to R2\mathbb R^2. This conjecture seeks a planar model for the paired fixed-point data associated with a minimal zipper; the source presents it as an extension of the zipper constructions from closed hyperbolic 3-manifold groups to general hyperbolic groups.

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Danny Calegari and Ino Loukidou, “CaTherine wheels”, arXiv:2604.24619 (2026).

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