Counting saddle connections in flat surfaces with poles of higher order

DOI10.1007/S10711-017-0313-2zbMATH Open1403.32003arXiv1606.03705OpenAlexW2962748850MaRDI QIDQ1622893FDOQ1622893

Authors: Guillaume Tahar 

Publication date: 21 November 2018

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Flat surfaces that correspond to $k$-differentials on compact Riemann surfaces are of finite area provided there is no pole of order $k$ or higher. We denote by extit{flat surfaces with poles of higher order} those surfaces with flat structures defined by a $k$-differential with at least one pole of order at least $k$. Flat surfaces with poles of higher order have different geometrical and dynamical properties than usual flat surfaces of finite area. In particular, they can have a finite number of saddle connections. We give lower and upper bounds for the number of saddle connections and related quantities. In the case $k=1or2$, we provide a combinatorial characterization of the strata for which there can be an infinite number of saddle connections.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.03705

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zbMATH Keywords

saddle connectiontranslation surfacequadratic differentialflat structurehigher-order differential

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Moduli of Riemann surfaces, Teichmüller theory (complex-analytic aspects in several variables) (32G15) Differentials on Riemann surfaces (30F30)

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