Reduction theory for mapping class groups and applications to moduli spaces

DOI10.1515/CRELLE.2010.086MaRDI QIDQ3065806zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Enrico Leuzinger

Publication date 6 January 2011

Published in Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik (Crelles Journal) (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0801.1589

zbMATH Keywords

arithmetic groupmapping class groupsemi-simple Lie groupTeichmüller space

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Curves in algebraic geometry (14H99) Fuchsian groups and their generalizations (group-theoretic aspects) (20H10) Lie groups (22E99) Teichmüller theory for Riemann surfaces (30F60) Moduli of Riemann surfaces, Teichmüller theory (complex-analytic aspects in several variables) (32G15)

Abstract: Let $S=S_{g,p}$ be a compact, orientable surface of genus $g$ with $p$ punctures and such that $d(S):=3g-3+p>0$. The mapping class group $extup{Mod}_S$ acts properly discontinuously on the Teichm"uller space $mathcalT(S)$ of marked hyperbolic structures on $S$. The resulting quotient $mathcalM(S)$ is the moduli space of isometry classes of hyperbolic surfaces. We provide a version of precise reduction theory for finite index subgroups of $extup{Mod}_S$, i.e., a description of exact fundamental domains. As an application we show that the asymptotic cone of the moduli space $mathcalM(S)$ endowed with the Teichm"uller metric is bi-Lipschitz equivalent to the Euclidean cone over the finite simplicial (orbi-) complex $$, where $mathcalC(S)$ of $S$ is the complex of curves of $S$. We also show that if $d(S)geq2$, then $mathcalM(S)$ does emph{not} admit a finite volume Riemannian metric of (uniformly bounded) positive scalar curvature in the bi-Lipschitz class of the Teichm"uller metric. These two applications confirm conjectures of Farb.

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