Grid graphs and lattice surfaces

DOI10.1093/IMRN/RNS124zbMATH Open1333.37047arXiv0811.0799OpenAlexW2963682920MaRDI QIDQ5250709FDOQ5250709

Authors: W. Patrick Hooper 

Publication date: 22 May 2015

Published in: IMRN. International Mathematics Research Notices (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: First, we apply Thurston's construction of pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms to grid graphs and obtain translation surfaces whose Veech groups are commensurable to $(m,n,infty)$ triangle groups. These surfaces were first discovered by Bouw and M"oller, however our treatment of the surfaces differs. We construct these surfaces by gluing together polygons in two ways. We use these elementary descriptions to compute the Veech groups, resolve primitivity questions, and describe the surfaces algebraically. Second, we show that some $(m,n,infty)$ triangle groups can not arise as Veech groups. This generalizes work of Hubert and Schmidt.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0811.0799

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zbMATH Keywords

translation surfaceVeech group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Planar graphs; geometric and topological aspects of graph theory (05C10) Other complex differential geometry (53C56) Expanding holomorphic maps; hyperbolicity; structural stability of holomorphic dynamical systems (37F15) Topological aspects of complex manifolds (32Q55)

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