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Teichmüller curves in moduli space, Eisenstein series and an application to triangular billiards

W. A. Veech
- 01 Oct 1989 - 
- Vol. 97, Iss: 3, pp 553-583
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In this article, an asymptotic formula for the length spectrum of the billiard in isosceles triangles with angles (π/n, π /n,n−2/nπ) was given for the uniform distribution of infinite billiard trajectories in the same triangles.
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There exists a Teichmuller discΔ n containing the Riemann surface ofy 2+x n =1, in the genus [n−1/2] Teichmuller space, such that the stabilizer ofΔ n in the mapping class group has a fundamental domain of finite (Poincare) volume inΔ n . Application is given to an asymptotic formula for the length spectrum of the billiard in isosceles triangles with angles (π/n, π/n,n−2/nπ) and to the uniform distribution of infinite billiard trajectories in the same triangles.

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