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 P⊂Z+×Z−P\subset Z^+\times Z^- be the closure of the set of pairs p+×p−p^+\times p^- such that p±p^\pm are the fixed points of an infinite-order element g∈Gg\in G fixing exactly one point in each of Z+Z^+ and Z−Z^-. 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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