Indiscriminate covers of infinite translation surfaces are innocent, not devious

DOI10.1017/ETDS.2017.120zbMATH Open1418.37058arXiv1503.00389OpenAlexW2963007945MaRDI QIDQ4968752FDOQ4968752

Authors: W. Patrick Hooper, Rodrigo Treviño 

Publication date: 9 July 2019

Published in: Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider the interaction between passing to finite covers and ergodic properties of the straight-line flow on finite area translation surfaces with infinite topological type. Infinite type provides for a rich family of degree $d$ covers for any integer $d>1$. We give examples which demonstrate that passing to a finite cover can destroy ergodicity, but we also provide evidence that this phenomenon is rare. We define a natural notion of a random degree $d$ cover and show that, in many cases, ergodicity and unique ergodicity are preserved under passing to random covers. This work provides a new context for exploring the relationship between recurrence of the Teichm"uller flow and ergodic properties of the straight-line flow.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.00389

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zbMATH Keywords

ergodic propertiestranslation surfacesTeichmüller flowstraight-line flow

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Teichmüller theory for Riemann surfaces (30F60) Moduli of Riemann surfaces, Teichmüller theory (complex-analytic aspects in several variables) (32G15) Dynamical systems of geometric origin and hyperbolicity (geodesic and horocycle flows, etc.) (37D40) Homogeneous flows (37A17)

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