Minimal non-ergodic directions on genus-2 translation surfaces

DOI10.1017/S0143385705000465MaRDI QIDQ5289892zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yitwah Cheung, Howard Masur

Publication date 19 April 2006

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0501286

zbMATH Keywords

billiard tablesgenus-2 translation surfaceminimal direction

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General groups of measure-preserving transformations and dynamical systems (37A15) Dynamical systems involving transformations and group actions with special properties (minimality, distality, proximality, expansivity, etc.) (37B05) General groups of measure-preserving transformations (28D15)

Abstract: It is well-known that on any Veech surface, the dynamics in any minimal direction is uniquely ergodic. In this paper it is shown that for any genus 2 translation surface which is not a Veech surface there are uncountably many minimal but not uniquely ergodic directions.

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