\(\mathrm{GL}^+(2, \mathbb{R})\)-orbits in Prym eigenform loci (Q309020)

An \textit{abelian differential} is a pair \((X, \omega)\) where \(X\) is a compact genus \(g\) Riemann surface and \(\omega\) a holomorphic one-form. An abelian differential yields local coordinates on the surface (away from its zeros) via integration, the transition maps for this atlas of charts are translations, giving rise to the alternate terminology \textit{translation surface}. The moduli space of genus \(g\) abelian differentials \(\Omega_g\) is stratified into pieces \(\mathcal H(\alpha)\) by integer partitions \(\alpha\) of \(2g-2\) (possible orders of distinct zeros of \(\omega\)). The group \(\mathrm{GL}^+(2, \mathbb R)\) acts on these spaces via postcomposition with the translation charts, and the dynamics of this action serves as a renormalization dynamics for linear flows on translation surfaces and in particular for billiard flows on rational polygons. The study of \(\mathrm{GL}^+(2, \mathbb R)\) orbit closures has been extremely active, with a very important recent result of Eskin-Mirzakahani-Mohammadi stating that these orbit closures are always affine manifolds in the period coordinates (which view each \(\omega\) as an element of cohomology of the surface relative to the zeros) on strata.NEWLINENEWLINEAn important class of subloci of strata are Prym eigenform loci, which are defined in terms of the Jacobian of the associated Riemann surface having extra symmetries. The main result of the paper is that \(\mathrm{GL}^+(2, \mathbb R)\) orbit closures in Prym loci are either closed (i.e., the orbit itself) or the entire Prym locus.