Topological dynamics of the Weil-Petersson geodesic flow

DOI10.1016/J.AIM.2009.09.011zbMATH Open1192.37038arXiv0711.3221OpenAlexW2131567208MaRDI QIDQ846979FDOQ846979

Authors: Mark Pollicott, Howard Weiss, Scott A. Wolpert 

Publication date: 16 February 2010

Published in: Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove topological transitivity for the Weil Petersson geodesic flow for two-dimensional moduli spaces of hyperbolic structures. Our proof follows a new approach that exploits the density of singular unit tangent vectors, the geometry of cusps and convexity properties of negative curvature. We also show that the Weil Petersson geodesic flow has: horseshoes, invariant sets with positive topological entropy, and that there are infinitely many hyperbolic closed geodesics, whose number grows exponentially in length. Furthermore, we note that the volume entropy is infinite.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0711.3221

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zbMATH Keywords

[https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/w/index.php?title=+Special%3ASearch&search=Teichm%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BDller+space&go=Go Teichm��ller space]topological transitivityWeil-Petersson metricgeodesic flowgeodesic approximation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Moduli of Riemann surfaces, Teichmüller theory (complex-analytic aspects in several variables) (32G15) Dynamical systems of geometric origin and hyperbolicity (geodesic and horocycle flows, etc.) (37D40) Geodesic flows in symplectic geometry and contact geometry (53D25)

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