Weil-Petersson geometry, Dehn filling and branched surfaces
Speaker:
Yair Minsky, Yale University
Date and Time:
Friday, November 9, 2018 - 11:00am to 12:00pm
Location:
Fields Institute, Room 230
Abstract:
We study pseudo-Anosov mapping classes with bounded normalized Weil-Petersson translation distance (and unbounded genus). In analogy with a result of Farb-Leininger-Margalit for Teichmuller translation distances, we show all such mapping classes fit together into a finite collection of cusped hyperbolic 3-manifolds, where the cusps are filled to become either vertical (transverse to fibers) or horizontal (parallel to fibers). This is joint work with Chris Leininger, Juan Souto and Sam Taylor.