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Limits in PMF of Teichmuller geodesics

Geometric Topology 2014-06-04 v1 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

We consider the limit set in Thurston's compactification PMF of Teichmueller space of some Teichmueller geodesics defined by quadratic differentials with minimal but not uniquely ergodic vertical foliations. We show that a) there are quadratic differentials so that the limit set of the geodesic is a unique point, b) there are quadratic differentials so that the limit set is a line segment, c) there are quadratic differentials so that the vertical foliation is ergodic and there is a line segment as limit set, and d) there are quadratic differentials so that the vertical foliation is ergodic and there is a unique point as its limit set. These give examples of divergent Teichmueller geodesics whose limit sets overlap and Teichmueller geodesics that stay a bounded distance apart but whose limit sets are not equal. A byproduct of our methods is a construction of a Teichmueller geodesic and a simple closed curve γ\gamma so that the hyperbolic length of the geodesic in the homotopy class of gamma varies between increasing and decreasing on an unbounded sequence of time intervals along the geodesic.

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@article{arxiv.1406.0564,
  title  = {Limits in PMF of Teichmuller geodesics},
  author = {Jon Chaika and Howard Masur and Michael Wolf},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.0564},
  year   = {2014}
}

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39 pages, 4 figures

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