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Zusammenfassung: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Let <jats:italic>S</jats:italic> be a Riemann surface of type (<jats:italic>p</jats:italic>,<jats:italic>n</jats:italic>) with 3<jats:italic>p</jats:italic>+<jats:italic>n</jats:italic>&gt;4 and <jats:italic>n</jats:italic>≥1. We investigate products of some pseudo-Anosov maps <jats:italic>θ</jats:italic> and Dehn twists <jats:italic>t</jats:italic><jats:sub><jats:italic>α</jats:italic></jats:sub> on <jats:italic>S</jats:italic>, and prove that under certain conditions the products <jats:italic>t</jats:italic><jats:sup arrange="stack"><jats:italic>k</jats:italic></jats:sup><jats:sub arrange="stack"><jats:italic>α</jats:italic></jats:sub>∘<jats:italic>θ</jats:italic> are pseudo-Anosov for all integers <jats:italic>k</jats:italic>. We also give examples that show that <jats:italic>t</jats:italic><jats:sup arrange="stack"><jats:italic>k</jats:italic></jats:sup><jats:sub arrange="stack"><jats:italic>α</jats:italic></jats:sub>∘<jats:italic>θ</jats:italic> are not pseudo-Anosov for some integers <jats:italic>k</jats:italic>.</jats:p>
Umfang: 413-428
ISSN: 1446-7887
1446-8107
DOI: 10.1017/s1446788710000078