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Cylinder deformations in orbit closures of translation surfaces

Alex Wright

Geometry & Topology 19 (2015) 413–438
Abstract

Let M be a translation surface. We show that certain deformations of M supported on the set of all cylinders in a given direction remain in the GL+(2, )–orbit closure of M. Applications are given concerning complete periodicity, affine field of definition and the number of parallel cylinders which may be found on a translation surface in a given orbit closure.

Keywords
Teichmüller dynamics, translation surface
Mathematical Subject Classification 2010
Primary: 32G15, 37D40
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Publication
Received: 11 October 2013
Accepted: 1 July 2014
Published: 27 February 2015
Proposed: Danny Calegari
Seconded: Benson Farb, Leonid Polterovich
Authors
Alex Wright
Math Department
University of Chicago
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