On stable commutator length of non-filling curves in surfaces
Abstract
We give a new proof of rationality of stable commutator length (scl) of certain elements in surface groups: those represented by curves that do not fill the surface. Such elements always admit extremal surfaces for scl. These results also hold more generally for non-filling 1-chains.
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