Department of Mathematics,
University of California San Diego
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Math 211B - Group Actions Seminar
Bradley Zykoski
University of Michigan
Strongly Obtuse Rational Lattice Triangles
Abstract:
The dynamics of a billiard ball on a triangular table can be studied by considering geodesic trajectories on an associated singular flat metric structure called a translation surface when the angles of the triangle are commensurable with pi. In the case of the isosceles right triangle, this surface is a torus, whose geodesic trajectories in any direction are either all periodic or all uniquely ergodic. Triangles satisfying such a dichotomy are called lattice triangles, and our work contributes to the ongoing classification of such triangles. We make use of a number-theoretic criterion of Mirzakhani and Wright to classify such triangles with a large obtuse angle. This work is joint with Anne Larsen and Chaya Norton.
Host: Brandon Seward
February 22, 2024
10:00 AM
Zoom ID 967 4109 3409
Research Areas
Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems****************************