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Boundary representations of mapping class groups

Geometric Topology 2022-09-13 v2 Dynamical Systems Representation Theory

Abstract

Let S=SgS = S_g be a closed orientable surface of genus g2g \geq 2 and Mod(S)Mod(S) be the mapping class group of SS. In this paper, we show that the boundary representation of Mod(S)Mod(S) is ergodic using statistical hyperbolicity, which generalizes the classical result of Masur on ergodicity of the action of Mod(S)Mod(S) on the projective measured foliation space PMF(S).\mathcal{PMF}(S). As a corollary, we show that the boundary representation of Mod(S)Mod(S) is irreducible.

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@article{arxiv.2208.10223,
  title  = {Boundary representations of mapping class groups},
  author = {Biao Ma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.10223},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

The proof of Corollary 4.3 in the previous version is incorrect, hence section 4.3 has been rewritten. Section 3 and section 4.1 have also been reorganized. Comments welcome

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