Prym varieties and Teichmüller curves (Q2497196)

A Teichmüller curve \(V \subset M_{g}\) is a totally geodesic algebraic curve in the moduli space of Riemann surfaces of genus \(g.\) We say \(V\) is primitive if it is generated by an abelian differential of minimal genus. Every Teichmüller curves has a unique primitive representative in its commensurability class. In this article author show the following Theorem 1.1. There exists infinitely many primitive Teichmüller curves \(V \subset M_{g}\) for \(g = 2, 3, 4.\) The case \(g = 2\) was treated previously in an article of the author using Jacobians with real multiplication. In this article author uses Prym varieties and pseudo-Anosov diffeomorphisms to present a uniform construction of infinitely many primitive Teichmüller curves \(V \subset M_{g}\) for genus \(g = 2, 3, 4.\) He also constructs new closed, \(\text{SL}_{2}(\mathbb R)-\)invariant loci in \(\Omega M_{g}\) for \(g \leq 5\) and new Teichmüller curves generated by strictly quadratic differentials.