Lattice point counting for finite-order mapping classes

arXiv2305.03721MaRDI QIDQ6435533FDOQ6435533

Howard Masur, Spencer Dowdall

Publication date: 5 May 2023

Abstract: This paper concerns the lattice counting problem for the mapping class group of a surface $S$ acting on Teichm"uller space with the Teichm"uller metric. In that problem the goal is to count the number of mapping classes that send a given point $x$ into the ball of radius $R$ centered about another point $y$. For the action of the entire group, Athreya, Bufetov, Eskin and Mirzakhani have shown this quantity is asymptotic to $e^{hR}$, where $h$ is the dimension of the Teichm"uller space. We instead consider only the action of finite-order elements of the group and show the associated count grows coarsely at the rate of $e^{hR/2}$, that is, with half the exponent. To obtain these quantitative estimates, we introduce a new notion in Teichm"uller geometry, called complexity length, which reflects some aspects of the negative curvature of curve complexes and also has applications to counting problems.

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