Everything is illuminated

DOI10.2140/GT.2016.20.1737zbMATH Open1394.37075arXiv1407.2975OpenAlexW4234983867WikidataQ59410583 ScholiaQ59410583MaRDI QIDQ309042FDOQ309042

Barak Weiss, Thierry Monteil, Samuel Lelièvre

Publication date: 7 September 2016

Published in: Geometry \& Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study geometrical properties of translation surfaces: the finite blocking property, bounded blocking property, and illumination properties. These are elementary properties which can be fruitfully studied using the dynamical behavior of the SL(2,R)-action on the moduli space of translation surfaces. We characterize surfaces with the finite blocking property and bounded blocking property, completing work of the second-named author. Concerning the illumination problem, we also extend results of Hubert-Schmoll-Troubetzkoy, removing the hypothesis that the surface in question is a lattice surface, thus settling a conjecture. Our results crucially rely on the recent breakthrough results of Eskin-Mirzakhani and Eskin-Mirzakhani-Mohammadi, and on related results of Wright.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.2975

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zbMATH Keywords

translation surfacesbilliardsillumination

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50) Flows on surfaces (37E35)

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