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_beng
_cNISER LIBRARY
082 0 4 _a514.12
_bATH-T
100 1 _aAthreya, Jayadev S.
245 1 0 _aTranslation surfaces
260 _aNew Delhi :
_bHindustan Book Agency,
_c2024.
300 _axi, 179 pages.
490 _aTexts and readings in mathematics ;
_v87
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _aThis textbook offers an accessible introduction to translation surfaces. Building on modest prerequisites, the authors focus on the fundamentals behind big ideas in the field: ergodic properties of translation flows, counting problems for saddle connections, and associated renormalization techniques. Proofs that go beyond the introductory nature of the book are deftly omitted, allowing readers to develop essential tools and motivation before delving into the literature. Beginning with the fundamental example of the flat torus, the book goes on to establish the three equivalent definitions of translation surface. An introduction to the moduli space of translation surfaces follows, leading into a study of the dynamics and ergodic theory associated to a translation surface. Counting prob- lems and group actions come to the fore in the latter chapters, giving a broad overview of progress in the 40 years since the ergodicity of the Teichmüller geodesic flow was proven. Exercises are included throughout, inviting readers to actively explore and extend the theory along the way. Translation Surfaces invites readers into this exciting area, providing an accessible entry point from the perspectives of dynamics, ergodicity, and measure theory. Suitable for a one or two-semester graduate course, it assumes a background in complex analysis, measure theory, and manifolds, while some familiarity with Riemann surfaces and ergodic theory would be beneficial.
650 0 _aTranslation surfaces
650 0 _aRiemann surfaces
650 0 _aDynamical systems and ergodic theory
_xErgodicity, mixing, rates of mixing.
650 0 _aErgodic theory
700 1 _aMasur, Howard
856 4 1 _3Table of contents
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856 4 1 _3Reviews
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