The Teichmüller space of a surface is equipped with Thurston's asymmetric metric. Stretch lines are oriented geodesics for this metric on . We give the asymptotic behavior of the lengths of the measured geodesic laminations as one follows a stretch line in the positive direction.
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The paper studies maximal stretch and Lipschitz maps on negatively curved manifolds.
problem Investigating maximal stretch and Lipschitz maps on negatively curved manifolds.
method Defined maximal stretch for negatively curved manifolds and connected it to best Lipschitz maps.
result The Mather set may not be lifts of geodesic laminations but shares similar features.
Researchers refine local rigidity for marked length spectrum and introduce a new pressure metric.
problem Local rigidity of marked length spectrum and related metrics.
method Refined local rigidity result using geodesic stretch and Anosov flows, introduced new pressure metric.
result New pressure metric related to Weil-Peterson metric, reduces to it in Teichmüller space.
New geodesics for surfaces with boundary, extending Thurston's work.
problem Extending Thurston's Lipschitz distance to surfaces with boundaries.
method Constructing geodesics in the arc distance metric space.
result Teichmueller space of surfaces with boundaries is a geodesic metric space.
The paper explores properties of Finsler manifolds with specific curvature conditions.
problem Investigating Finsler metrics with various curvature conditions.
method Analyzing non-Riemannian -metrics and compact Finsler manifolds with specific curvature properties.
result Compact Finsler manifolds with relatively non-negative stretch curvature are Landsberg metrics.
Describes envelopes of Thurston metric on Teichmüller space.
problem Characterizing the shape and properties of envelopes in Teichmüller space.
method Using harmonic stretch lines and topological invariants, the shape and properties of envelopes are described.
result Envelopes are contractible and vary continuously with endpoints.
We define metrics on Culler-Vogtmann space, which are an analogue of the Teichmuller metric and are constructed using stretching factors. In fact the metrics we study are related, one being a symmetrised version of the other. We investigate the basic properties of these metrics, showing the advantages and pathologies o…
Study reveals uniform difference in stretch factors between genus two handlebody group and outer automorphism group.
problem Analyzing the relationship between stretch factors in genus two handlebody group and outer automorphism group.
method Examined natural homomorphism from genus g handlebody group to outer automorphism group of free groups, focusing on pseudo-Anosov mapping classes and their stretch factors.
result Minimum stretch factor in genus two handlebody group is less than ten times the stretch factor of fully irreducible outer automorphism.
Analyzes convex structures in Teichmüller space unit tangent spheres.
problem Characterize faces and extreme points of unit tangent spheres in Teichmüller space.
method Analyzes Finsler infinitesimal balls of Thurston metric, characterizes faces, exposed faces, and extreme points.
result Characterizes faces and extreme points of unit tangent spheres in Teichmüller space.
Unique geodesics selected by energy minimization in Teichmüller space.
problem Finding a unique geodesic between points in Teichmüller space.
method Energy minimization of harmonic map rays, extending Thurston boundary.
result Selection of a unique Thurston geodesic through points in Teichmüller space.
In the Teichmüller space of a hyperbolic surface of finite type, we construct geodesic lines for Thurston's asymmetric metric having the property that when they are traversed in the reverse direction, they are also geodesic lines (up to reparametrization). The lines we construct are special stretch lines in the sense o…
Optimal Lipschitz Maps on One-holed Tori and the Thurston Metric Theory of Teichmueller Spacemath.GT
We study Thurston's Lipschitz and curve metrics, as well as the arc metric on the Teichmueller space of one-hold tori equipped with complete hyperbolic metrics with boundary holonomy of fixed length. We construct natural Lipschitz maps between two surfaces equipped with such hyperbolic metrics that generalize Thurston'…
Circular foliations and shear-radius coordinates on Teichmüller spaces of hyperbolic cone surfacesmath.GT
Study circular foliations and shear-radius coordinates on hyperbolic cone surfaces.
problem Characterize Teichmüller spaces of hyperbolic cone surfaces.
method Construct circular foliations and shear-radius coordinates on Teichmüller spaces of hyperbolic cone surfaces.
result Shear-radius coordinates provide global coordinates on Teichmüller spaces and converge to specific metrics.
This paper develops a theory of Lipschitz comparisons of hyperbolic surfaces analogous to the theory of quasi-conformal comparisons. Extremal Lipschitz maps (minimal stretch maps) and geodesics for the `Lipschitz metric' are constructed. The extremal Lipschitz constant equals the maximum ratio of lengths of measured la…
A new geometric method approximates slow invariant manifolds without explicit time-scale separation.
problem Approximating slow invariant manifolds in systems with multiple time-scales.
method Geodesic Stretching and Flow Curvature methods translated into tensorial constructions of Riemannian geometry.
result The method approximates normally attracting invariant manifolds without requiring explicit time-scale separation.
New method finds closed timelike geodesics on Lorentzian manifolds.
problem Existence of closed timelike geodesics in Lorentzian geometry.
method Introducing timelike geodesic homotopy and combining with a local length argument.
result Provides new results on the existence of closed timelike geodesics.
This paper applies the authors' forthcoming work, "Affine deformations of a three-holed sphere" in Lorentzian geometry to prove a result in hyperbolic geometry. Namely, an infinitesimal deformation of a hyperbolic structure of a three-holed sphere which infinitesimally lengthens the three boundary components infinitesi…
Maps between acute triangles with minimal stretch found and studied.
problem Finding the minimal stretch between acute triangles.
method Formula for the smallest Lipschitz constant and analysis of the metric space.
result Metric space of pairs of acute triangles with fixed area is Finsler and geodesics determined.
For a finitely generated group , we introduce an asymmetric pseudometric on projectivized deformation spaces of -trees, using stretching factors of -equivariant Lipschitz maps, that generalizes the Lipschitz metric on Outer space and is an analogue of the Thurston metric on Teichmüller space. We show that in t…
This paper investigates analytic properties of maps between hyperbolic surfaces, focusing on best Lipschitz maps and geodesic laminations.
problem Analyzing the properties of maps between hyperbolic surfaces, particularly best Lipschitz maps and their relationship to geodesic laminations.
method The authors produce best Lipschitz maps as limits of minimizers of p-Schatten integrals, addressing existence and regularity issues.
result The support of the measure dv, the derivative of a Lie algebra valued function v, lies on the canonical geodesic lamination constructed by Thurston.
New stretch maps minimize distortion in geometric group theory.
problem Finding optimal maps in geometric group theory.
method Proving minimizers using modulus of curve families and MSP.
result Stretch maps are minimizers of mean quasiconformal distortion.
Abstract notes on hyperbolic surfaces and Teichmüller spaces.
problem Understanding the geometry of surfaces and Teichmüller spaces.
method Survey of results on stretch lines and Thurston's metric.
result Analogies between Thurston's metric and Teichmüller's metric.
Geodesic envelopes stay uniformly bounded in specific Teichmüller spaces.
problem Understanding the behavior of geodesics in Teichmüller spaces.
method Identifying extremal geodesics, computing Fenchel-Nielsen twisting, and estimating earthquake path lengths.
result Width of geodesic envelopes is uniformly bounded in specific Teichmüller spaces.
We study supersymmetric probe M5-branes in the AdS_4 solution that arises from M5-branes wrapped on a hyperbolic 3-manifold M_3. This amounts to introducing internal defects within the framework of the 3d-3d correspondence. The BPS condition for a probe M5-brane extending along all of AdS_4 requires it to wrap a surfac…
Every weak Perron number is realized as a stretch factor of a homeomorphism on a surface.
problem Finding stretch factors for weak Perron numbers.
method Constructing an end-periodic homeomorphism on a surface.
result Every weak Perron number is an end-periodic stretch factor.
Lower bound on stretch factor for periodic maps.
problem Finding a lower bound on stretch factors for periodic maps.
method Using core characteristic of end-periodic homeomorphisms, we derive a lower bound on the Handel-Miller stretch factor.
result The derived bound is sharp and measures topological complexity.
In 1974, Thurston proved that, up to isotopy, every automorphism of closed orientable surface is either periodic, reducible, or pseudo-Anosov. The latter case has lead to a rich theory with applications ranging from dynamical systems to low dimensional topology. Associated with every pseudo-Anosov map is a real number …
Envelopes in Outer Spacemath.GT
We study the geometry of Outer Space in regard of the asymmetric Lipschitz metric via envelopes, that is the set of all geodesics between two points. In the simplicial structure of the envelopes are polytopes. We construct a piecewise unique geodesic between any two points in by concatenating edges…
Let Gamma_0 be a discrete group. For a pair (j,rho) of representations of Gamma_0 into PO(n,1)=Isom(H^n) with j geometrically finite, we study the set of (j,rho)-equivariant Lipschitz maps from the real hyperbolic space H^n to itself that have minimal Lipschitz constant. Our main result is the existence of a geodesic l…
Study stretch laminations in hyperbolic 3-manifolds via circle-valued maps.
problem Characterize stretch laminations in hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
method Use Thurston norm and Dehn filling slope length to determine stretch laminations as unions of core curves.
result Show existence of infinitely many examples with fibration and only closed leaves.
Study finds how periodic surfaces can bend without stretching.
problem Understanding isometric deformations of periodic surfaces.
method Characterization of isometric deformations using a constraint derived from Gauss theorem.
result Relates surface stretching to bending and twisting.
Minimal stretch factor for non-orientable surfaces is small.
problem Finding the minimal stretch factor for pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms on non-orientable surfaces.
method Adapting Thurston's theory of fibered faces for non-orientable 3-manifolds.
result The minimal stretch factor is asymptotically on the order of 1/g.
Quadratic-time algorithm computes stretch factors and foliations for pseudo-Anosov mapping classes.
problem Computing stretch factors and foliations for pseudo-Anosov mapping classes efficiently.
method Quadratic-time algorithm using input word and length as complexity measure.
result First algorithm to compute stretch factors and foliations in sub-exponential time.
We explicitly construct pseudo-Anosov maps on the closed surface of genus with orientable foliations whose stretch factor is a Salem number with algebraic degree . Using this result, we show that there is a pseudo-Anosov map whose stretch factor has algebraic degree , for each positive even integer s…
Minimal stretch factors for certain pseudo-Anosov maps are bounded.
problem Bounding the stretch factor of orientation-reversing pseudo-Anosov maps.
method Using the silver ratio and properties of puncture orbits to derive bounds.
result The bound is asymptotically sharp.
Study how large-scale flows align small-scale vortices in 3D Euler equations.
problem Understanding how large-scale flows align small-scale vortices in 3D Euler equations.
method Constructing a Lagrangian coordinate to identify when the Lie bracket is zero and investigating the locality of the pressure term.
result Clarified conditions under which small-scale vortices are aligned by large-scale flows.
Study on solvable Lie groups with specific Weyl connections.
problem Characterizing solvable Lie groups with invariant stretched non-positive Weyl connections.
method Analyzing structure and classification of solvable Lie groups.
result Classification of solvable Lie groups and compact solvmanifolds with invariant SNP connections.
In this paper, we study the Galois conjugates of stretch factors of pseudo-Anosov elements of the mapping class group of a surface. We show that - except in low-complexity cases - these conjugates are dense in the complex plane. For this, we use Penner's construction of pseudo-Anosov mapping classes. As a consequence, …
Paper develops a new method to analyze 3D tree-like objects.
problem Analyzing complex geometrical and topological variations in 3D tree-like objects.
method Extended SRVF representation and new metric for tree-shaped 3D objects.
result Captures full elasticity and topological variations of branches.
Study connects group invariants through outer automorphisms and polynomial relations.
problem Understanding polynomial invariants of free-by-cyclic groups.
method Introducing orientable fully irreducible outer automorphisms to relate McMullen polynomial and Alexander polynomial.
result Characterization of when homological stretch factor equals geometric stretch factor.
New examples of harmonic unit vector fields on hyperbolic 3-space are constructed by exploiting the reduction of symmetry arising from the foliation by horospheres. This is compared and contrasted with the analogous construction in Euclidean 3-space, using a foliation by planes, which produces some new examples of harm…
The paper examines properties of spherical Finsler metrics, proving their semi-C-reducibility and conditions for vanishing mean stretch curvature.
problem Analyzing curvature properties of spherical Finsler metrics.
method Proving semi-C-reducibility and finding conditions for vanishing mean stretch curvature.
result Conditions for a general spherically symmetric Finsler metric to have vanishing mean stretch curvature.
The study improves bounds on the number of closed geodesics and logarithmic improvements in the Weyl law.
problem Estimating the number of closed geodesics and improving logarithmic bounds in the Weyl law.
method Study of non-degeneracy properties of nearly closed orbits for predominant sets of metrics.
result Logarithmic improvements in the Weyl law and exponential bounds on the number of closed geodesics.
We determine the smallest stretch factor among pseudo-Anosov maps with an orientable invariant foliation on the closed nonorientable surfaces of genus 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20. We also determine the smallest stretch factor of an orientation-reversing pseudo-Anosov map with orientable invariant foliation…
Kirigami-inspired math reveals shortest paths and ultimate shapes of cut paper.
problem Geodesics and isometric immersions in paper with cuts.
method Constructive proof of geodesics and rectification of polygonal geodesics.
result Polygonal geodesics can be rectified into a straight line by flat-folding.
The motivation for this paper is to justify a remark of Thurston that the algebraic degree of stretch factors of pseudo-Anosov maps on a surface can be as high as the dimension of the Teichmüller space of . In addition to proving this, we completely determine the set of possible algebraic degrees of pseudo-Anoso…
New geometric invariant limits the number of semi-arithmetic groups.
problem Understanding the structure of semi-arithmetic Fuchsian groups.
method Introducing a new geometric invariant called stretch and using the arithmetic Margulis lemma.
result There exist only finitely many conjugacy classes of semi-arithmetic groups with bounded arithmetic dimension, stretch, and coarea.
We quantitatively relate the Patterson-Sullivant currents and generic stretching factors for free group automorphisms to the asymmetric Lipschitz metric on Outer space and to Guirardel's intersection number.