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Geodesics track random walks in Teichmuller space

Posted on:2006-09-22Degree:Ph.DType:Dissertation
University:The University of ChicagoCandidate:Duchin, MoonFull Text:PDF
GTID:1450390008975229Subject:Mathematics
Abstract/Summary:
We use the methods of synthetic geometry to produce a curvature-type result about Teichmüller space. This theorem has applications to the study of random walks on Teichmüller space; in particular, an application is worked out for the action of the mapping class group.
Keywords/Search Tags:Ller space, Random walks
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