Triangulations of branched affine surfaces

arXiv1912.00149MaRDI QIDQ6330150FDOQ6330150

Authors: Guillaume Tahar 

Publication date: 30 November 2019

Abstract: A branched affine structure on a compact topological surface with marked points is a complex affine structure outside the marked points. We give a proof of an unpublished foundational theorem of Veech, stating that any branched affine surface can be decomposed into affine triangles and some annulus-shaped cylinders. Then, we prove that any pair of such decompositions can be connected by a chain of flips. As a first step toward a compactification of the moduli spaces of branched affine structures, we introduce invariant $alpha$ of a branched affine surface that controls degeneracy of the structure. Finally, we consider some examples of compactification of spaces of branched affine surfaces by stable curves.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Moduli problems for differential geometric structures (58D27)

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