Six-point configurations in the hyperbolic plane and ergodicity of the mapping class group (Q2319850)

Let \(X\) be the space of isometry classes of ordered sextuples of points in the hyperbolic plane such that the product of the six corresponding rotations of angle \(\pi\) is the identity. This space \(X\) is closely related to the \(\mathrm{PSL}_2(\mathbb R)\)-character variety of \(\Sigma\), the surface of genus 2. In this article the authors study the topology and the natural symplectic structure on \(X\). They also describe the action of the mapping class group of \(\Sigma\) on \(X\).