# Distortion elements for surface homeomorphisms

@article{Militon2012DistortionEF,
title={Distortion elements for surface homeomorphisms},
author={Emmanuel Militon},
journal={arXiv: Dynamical Systems},
year={2012}
}
Let S be a compact orientable surface and f be an element of the group Homeo_{0}(S) of homeomorphisms of S isotopic to the identity. Denote by F a lift of f to the universal cover of S. In this article, the following result is proved: if there exists a fundamental domain D of the universal cover of S such that the sequence (d_{n}log(d_{n})/n) converges to 0 where d_{n} is the diameter of F^{n}(D), then the homeomorphism f is a distortion element of the group Homeo_{0}(S).

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