An algebraic characterization of expanding Thurston maps
Abstract
Let f: S2 S2 be a postcritically finite branched covering map without periodic branch points. We give necessary and sufficient algebraic conditions for f to be homotopic, relative to its postcritical set, to an expanding map g.
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