2411.10875
Quasi-isometric center action in dimension 3
Marcielis Espitia, Santiago Martinchich, Rafael Potrie
correcthigh confidence
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- Strong Field
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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 .
Referee report (LaTeX)
\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.