Exponential decay in the mapping class group

DOI10.1112/JLMS/JDS011zbMATH Open1350.37010arXiv1104.5543OpenAlexW2138878086MaRDI QIDQ3165352FDOQ3165352

Authors: Joseph Maher 

Publication date: 26 October 2012

Published in: Journal of the London Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that the probability that a finitely supported random walk on a non-elementary subgroup of the the mapping class group gives a non-pseudo-Anosov element decays exponentially in the length of the random walk. More generally, we show that if R is a set of mapping class group elements with an upper bound on their translation lengths on the complex of curves, then the probability that a random walk lies in R decays exponentially in the length of the random walk.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1104.5543

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zbMATH Keywords

random walkexponential decaytranslational length

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Random walks, random surfaces, lattice animals, etc. in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B41) Geometric group theory (20F65) Dynamical systems and their relations with probability theory and stochastic processes (37A50) Group actions on manifolds and cell complexes in low dimensions (57M60)

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