Teichmüller curves, triangle groups, and Lyapunov exponents (Q990174)

The authors construct Teichmüller curves which are uniformised by some Fuchsian triangle group commensurable to \(\Delta(m,n,\infty)\), for each \(m,n \leq \infty\). Their construction includes the Teichmüller curves obtained by Veech and C. C. Ward as special cases. Their approach uses hypergeometric differential operators. For small values of \(m\), they find billard tables which generate these Teichmüller curves. Finally, they determine the Lyapunov exponents for these Teichmüller curves.