Siegel-Veech transforms are in L^2

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Abstract: Let mathcalH denote a connected component of a stratum of translation surfaces. We show that the Siegel-Veech transform of a bounded compactly supported function on mathbbR2 is in L2(mathcalH,mu), where mu is Lebesgue measure on mathcalH, and give applications to bounding error terms for counting problems for saddle connections. We also propose a new invariant associated to SL(2,mathbbR)-invariant measures on strata satisfying certain integrability conditions.


A translation surface is a pair $(X,\omega)$ where $X$ is a compact Riemann surface and $\omega$ is a holomorphic $1$-form that defines a singular flat metric on the underlying surface with conical singularities at the zeroes of $\omega$. A geodesic arc between two zeroes of $\omega$ is called a \textit{saddle connection}. Associated to each saddle connection $\gamma$ is its holonomy vector $z_{\omega}=\int_{\gamma} \omega \in \mathbb{C}$. The set of holonomy vectors $\Lambda_{\omega}$ is a discrete subset of the plane. For any compactly supported bounded function on the plane $f$, the seminal work of \textit{W. A. Veech} [Ann. Math. (2) 148, No. 3, 895--944 (1998; Zbl 0922.22003)] introduced the \textit{Siegel-Veech transform} $\hat{f}$ that associates to any translation surface $(X,\omega)$ the sum $\sum_{\nu \in \Lambda_{\omega}} f(\nu)$. In particular, it proved that for the Lebesgue measure $\mu$ of any connected component $\mathcal{H}$ of a stratum of translation surfaces, $\hat{f} \in L^{1}(\mathcal{H},\mu)$. It also proved that for any $\operatorname{SL}(2,\mathbb{R})$-invariant ergodic finite measure $\lambda$ such that $\hat{f} \in L^{1}(\mathcal{H},\lambda)$, an integral formula holds: $\int_{\mathcal{H}} \hat{f}d \lambda=c \int_{\mathbb{R}^{2}} f dm$ where $c$ is a constant that depends only on $\lambda$. These Siegel-Veech constants $c$ are important numerical invariants of the $\operatorname{SL}(2,\mathbb{R})$-invariant measures. This paper proves that $\hat{f} \in L^{2}(\mathcal{H},\mu)$. The result has some applications concerning the problem of counting saddle connections of length smaller than $R$. It is known (see for example [\textit{H. Masur}, Ann. Math. (2) 115, 169--200 (1982; Zbl 0497.28012)]) that these numbers have quadratic growth for generic translation surfaces, the constant being a Siegel-Veech constant. One of the theorems of this paper implies bounds on error terms for this counting. By extending the Siegel-Veech transform to functions on $\mathbb{R}^{2} \times \mathbb{R}^{2}$, it defines new invariants associated to some $\operatorname{SL}(2,\mathbb{R})$-invariant measures.



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