Counting saddle connections in flat surfaces with poles of higher order

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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.



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