Schwarz triangle mappings and Teichmüller curves: abelian square-tiled surfaces

DOI10.3934/JMD.2012.6.405MaRDI QIDQ692771zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alex Wright

Publication date 6 December 2012

Published in Journal of Modern Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1203.2683

zbMATH Keywords

Lyapunov exponentSchwarz triangle mappingTeichmüller curve

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Teichmüller theory for Riemann surfaces (30F60) Moduli of Riemann surfaces, Teichmüller theory (complex-analytic aspects in several variables) (32G15) Differentials on Riemann surfaces (30F30) Period matrices, variation of Hodge structure; degenerations (32G20)

Abstract: We consider normal covers of CP^1 with abelian deck group, branched over at most four points. Families of such covers yield arithmetic Teichm"uller curves, whose period mapping may be described geometrically in terms of Schwarz triangle mappings. These Teichm"uller curves are generated by abelian square-tiled surfaces. We compute all individual Lyapunov exponents for abelian square-tiled surfaces, and demonstrate a direct and transparent dependence on the geometry of the period mapping. For this we develop a result of independent interest, which, for certain rank two bundles, expresses Lyapunov exponents in terms of the period mapping. In the case of abelian square-tiled surfaces, the Lyapunov exponents are ratios of areas of hyperbolic triangles.

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