Department of Mathematics,
University of California San Diego
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Group Actions Seminar
Anthony Sanchez- Graduate student
University of Washington
Gaps of saddle connection directions for some branched covers of tori
Abstract:
Holonomy vectors of translation surfaces provide a geometric generalization for higher genus surfaces of (primitive) integer lattice points. The counting and distribution properties of holonomy vectors on translation surfaces have been studied extensively. A natural question to ask is: How random are the holonomy vectors of a translation surface? We motivate the gap distribution of slopes of holonomy vectors as a measure of randomness and compute the gap distribution for the class of translation surfaces given by gluing two identical tori along a slit. No prior background on translation surfaces or gap distributions will be assumed.
Host: Nattalie Tamam
October 20, 2020
10:00 AM
Zoom Meeting ID 967 4109 3409 (email Nattalie Tamam or Brandon Seward for the password)
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