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Full rank affine invariant submanifolds

Dynamical Systems 2018-02-21 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We show that every GL(2, R) orbit closure of translation surfaces is either a connected component of a stratum, the hyperelliptic locus, or consists entirely of surfaces whose Jacobians have extra endomorphisms. We use this result to give applications related to polygonal billiards. For example, we exhibit infinitely many rational triangles whose unfoldings have dense GL(2,R) orbit.

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@article{arxiv.1608.02147,
  title  = {Full rank affine invariant submanifolds},
  author = {Maryam Mirzakhani and Alex Wright},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.02147},
  year   = {2018}
}

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