TY - JOUR
T1 - Topological dynamics of the Weil-Petersson geodesic flow
AU - Pollicott, Mark
AU - Weiss, Howard
AU - Wolpert, Scott A.
PY - 2010/3/1
Y1 - 2010/3/1
N2 - We prove topological transitivity for the Weil-Petersson geodesic flow for real two-dimensional moduli spaces of hyperbolic structures. Our proof follows a new approach that combines the density of singular unit tangent vectors, the geometry of cusps and convexity properties of negative curvature. We also show that the Weil-Petersson geodesic flow has: horseshoes, invariant sets with positive topological entropy, and that there are infinitely many hyperbolic closed geodesics, whose number grows exponentially in length. Furthermore, we note that the volume entropy is infinite.
AB - We prove topological transitivity for the Weil-Petersson geodesic flow for real two-dimensional moduli spaces of hyperbolic structures. Our proof follows a new approach that combines the density of singular unit tangent vectors, the geometry of cusps and convexity properties of negative curvature. We also show that the Weil-Petersson geodesic flow has: horseshoes, invariant sets with positive topological entropy, and that there are infinitely many hyperbolic closed geodesics, whose number grows exponentially in length. Furthermore, we note that the volume entropy is infinite.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.aim.2009.09.011
DO - 10.1016/j.aim.2009.09.011
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:73649211080
SN - 0001-8708
VL - 223
SP - 1225
EP - 1235
JO - Advances in Mathematics
JF - Advances in Mathematics
IS - 4
ER -