Computing the Teichmueller polynomial

Abstract

The Teichmueller polynomial of a fibered 3-manifold plays a useful role in the construction of mapping class having small stretch factor. We provide an algorithm that computes this polynomial of the fibered face associated to a pseudo-Anosov mapping class of a disc homeomorphism. As a byproduct, our algorithm allows us to derive all the relevant informations on the topology of the different fibers that belong to the fibered face.