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Stabilizing the monodromy of an open book decomposition

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We prove that any mapping class on a compact oriented surface with non-empty boundary can be made pseudo-Anosov and right-veering after a sequence of positive stabilizations.

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  1. UMR 6629 du CNRS, Université de Nantes, 44322, Nantes, France

    Vincent Colin

  2. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA

    Ko Honda

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Colin, V., Honda, K. Stabilizing the monodromy of an open book decomposition. Geom Dedicata 132, 95–103 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10711-007-9165-5

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