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From rational billiards to dynamics on moduli spaces

Dynamical Systems 2015-07-28 v2 Algebraic Geometry Differential Geometry Geometric Topology History and Overview

Abstract

This short expository note gives an elementary introduction to the study of dynamics on certain moduli spaces, and in particular the recent breakthrough result of Eskin, Mirzakhani, and Mohammadi. We also discuss the context and applications of this result, and connections to other areas of mathematics such as algebraic geometry, Teichmuller theory, and ergodic theory on homogeneous spaces.

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@article{arxiv.1504.08290,
  title  = {From rational billiards to dynamics on moduli spaces},
  author = {Alex Wright},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1504.08290},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

To appear in the Bulletin of the AMS. Version 2: Very minor revision

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