English

Ergodic invariant measures on the space of geodesic currents

Geometric Topology 2021-05-18 v4 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

Let SS be a compact, connected, oriented surface, possibly with boundary, of negative Euler characteristic. In this article we extend Lindenstrauss-Mirzakhani's and Hamenst\"adt's classification of locally finite mapping class group invariant ergodic measures on the space of measured laminations ML(S)\mathcal{M}\mathcal{L}(S) to the space of geodesic currents C(S)\mathcal{C}(S), and we discuss the homogeneous case. Moreover, we extend Lindenstrauss-Mirzakhani's classification of orbit closures to C(S)\mathcal{C}(S). Our argument relies on their results and on the decomposition of a current into a sum of three currents with isotopically disjoint supports: a measured lamination without closed leaves, a simple multi-curve and a current that binds its hull.

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@article{arxiv.1807.02144,
  title  = {Ergodic invariant measures on the space of geodesic currents},
  author = {Viveka Erlandsson and Gabriele Mondello},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1807.02144},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

48 pages. V2: We added an almost complete classification of homogeneous (locally finite, ergodic, invariant) measures. V4: Final version, to appear in Annales l'Institut Fourier; proof of Proposition 7.4 changed, an appendix added, and minor revisions