Boundary representations of mapping class groups

Abstract: Let

S = S_{g}

be a closed orientable surface of genus

g g e q 2

and

M o d (S)

be the mapping class group of

S

. In this paper, we show that the boundary representation of

M o d (S)

is ergodic using statistical hyperbolicity, which generalizes the classical result of Masur on ergodicity of the action of

M o d (S)

on the projective measured foliation space

m a t h c a l P M F (S) .

As a corollary, we show that the boundary representation of

M o d (S)

is irreducible.

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