Geometric intersection functions and Hamiltonian flows on the space of measured foliations on a surface

A. Papadopoulos

Vol. 124 (1986), No. 2, 375–402

DOI: 10.2140/pjm.1986.124.375

Abstract

We define and study some flows on the space of measured foliations on a closed surface, and we relate these flows to the piecewise-linear symplectic geometry of that space, defined by W. Thurston.

Mathematical Subject Classification 2000

Primary: 58F05

Secondary: 57R30

Milestones

Received: 16 January 1985

Published: 1 October 1986