%0 Journal Article %T Constructing pseudo-Anosov maps with given dilatations %A Hyungryul Baik %A Ahmad Rafiqi %A Chenxi Wu %J Mathematics %D 2014 %I arXiv %X In this paper, we give sufficient conditions for a Perron number, given as the leading eigenvalue of an aperiodic matrix, to be a pseudo-Anosov dilatation of a compact surface. We give an explicit construction of the surface and the map when the sufficient condition is met. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1411.1385v2