On the Brin Prize work of Artur Avila in Teichmüller dynamics and interval-exchange transformations

DOI10.3934/JMD.2012.6.139MaRDI QIDQ456679zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Giovanni Forni

Publication date 16 October 2012

Published in Journal of Modern Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.3934/jmd.2012.6.139

zbMATH Keywords

Artur AvilaBrin Prizeinterval exchange mapTeichmüller dynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Teichmüller theory for Riemann surfaces (30F60) Moduli of Riemann surfaces, Teichmüller theory (complex-analytic aspects in several variables) (32G15) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to dynamical systems and ergodic theory (37-02) Nonuniformly hyperbolic systems (Lyapunov exponents, Pesin theory, etc.) (37D25) Dynamical systems involving maps of the interval (37E05) Flows on surfaces (37E35)

Review text

This paper reviews the work of Artur Avila and his collaborators (notably G. Forni, S. Gouezel, M. Viana, and J.-C. Yoccoz) on the ergodic properties of interval exchange transformations (IETs) and related problems on the dynamics of the Teichmüller (geodesic) flow. It surveys the connection between IETs and the Teichmüller flow, especially the link between exponents of deviation of ergodic averages for IETS and Lyapunov exponents for the Kontsevich-Zorich cocycle over the Teichmüller flow, and explains (with outlines of proofs) the results of Avila-Viana on simplicity of the Lyapunov spectrum, and Avila-Gouezel-Yoccoz on exponential rates of mixing for the Teichmüller flow. It also discusses his proof (joint with G. Forni) of weak-mixing of almost every interval exchange transformation. It is an eminently readable survey of an impressive sample of Avila's work.

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