The Number of Pseudo–anosov Elements in the Mapping Class Group of a Four–holed Sphere
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We compute the growth series and the growth functions of reducible and pseudo–Anosov elements of the pure mapping class group of the sphere with four holes with respect to a certain generating set. We prove that the ratio of the number of pseudo–Anosov elements to that of all elements in a ball with center at the identity tends to one as the radius of the ball tends to infinity.
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