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

DOI10.3934/JMD.2012.6.405zbMATH Open1254.32021arXiv1203.2683OpenAlexW2963019584MaRDI QIDQ692771FDOQ692771

Authors: Alex Wright 

Publication date: 6 December 2012

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

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.

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

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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)

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