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2411.10875

Quasi-isometric center action in dimension 3

Marcielis Espitia, Santiago Martinchich, Rafael Potrie

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Sep 28, 2025, 12:56 AM

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The candidate solution reproduces, step by step, the paper’s argument: (i) quasi‑isometric center action ⇒ dynamical coherence (Theorem 2.1) and uniqueness of the center foliation; (ii) virtually solvable π1 classification reduces to skew‑product or discretized Anosov flow (Lemma 3.2); (iii) in the non‑virtually solvable case, chain‑recurrence or dense center leaf ⇒ minimal W^{cs}, W^{cu}, then Gromov‑hyperbolic leaves and Hausdorff center leaf spaces (Lemmas 3.3–3.6) ⇒ quasi‑geodesic center and collapsed Anosov flow, and finally the Barthelmé–Gogolev periodic self‑orbit equivalence criterion yields a DAF iterate; (iv) the branching case is debranched (Proposition 4.2) and the same classification holds (Theorem A'). These are exactly the paper’s statements and proof strategy, with only minor reference differences. See Theorem A and its proof outline, including Theorems 2.1–2.3, Lemma 3.2, Lemmas 3.5–3.6, and Section 4 on branching foliations .

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\textbf{Recommendation:} minor revisions

\textbf{Journal Tier:} strong field

\textbf{Justification:}

The manuscript proves a sharp classification for partially hyperbolic diffeomorphisms in dimension 3 with quasi-isometric center action, extending the neutral-center results and synthesizing several recent advances (intersection theory for transverse foliations, collapsed Anosov flows, and self-orbit equivalence criteria). The structure is clear and modular; the arguments appear correct and robust. Minor clarifications would further improve readability, particularly around where transitivity/chain-recurrence enter and the handling of orientation via finite covers.