Asymptotic geometry of the mapping class group and Teichmüller space

DOI10.2140/GT.2006.10.1523MaRDI QIDQ860165zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Jason A. Behrstock

Publication date 23 January 2007

Published in Geometry \& Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0502367

zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic conecurve complexmapping class groupcut pointTeichmüller space

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric group theory (20F65) Hyperbolic groups and nonpositively curved groups (20F67) Asymptotic properties of groups (20F69) Teichmüller theory for Riemann surfaces (30F60) Topological methods in group theory (57M07) General low-dimensional topology (57M99)

Abstract: In this work, we study the asymptotic geometry of the mapping class group and Teichmueller space. We introduce tools for analyzing the geometry of `projection' maps from these spaces to curve complexes of subsurfaces; from this we obtain information concerning the topology of their asymptotic cones. We deduce several applications of this analysis. One of which is that the asymptotic cone of the mapping class group of any surface is tree-graded in the sense of Drutu and Sapir; this tree-grading has several consequences including answering a question of Drutu and Sapir concerning relatively hyperbolic groups. Another application is a generalization of the result of Brock and Farb that for low complexity surfaces Teichmueller space, with the Weil-Petersson metric, is delta-hyperbolic. Although for higher complexity surfaces these spaces are not delta-hyperbolic, we establish the presence of previously unknown negative curvature phenomena in the mapping class group and Teichmueller space for arbitrary surfaces.

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