Random walks on Teichmüller space and the mapping class group
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Random walks on Teichmüller space and the mapping class group
zbMATH Open document ID: 0856.32014
DOI: 10.1007/BF02787787
author: Howard Masur
published in: Journal d'Analyse Mathématique
publication date: 1996-04-28T00:00:00Z
review text: Sample paths of a geodesic random walk on Teichmüller space are shown to converge in the Thurston compactification. The technique of the proof is based on using train tracks and matrix expansions of measured foliations. Another approach to the problem is given in the joint paper by the author and the reviewer [Invent. Math. 125, 221-264 (1996)].
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 32G15
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 30F60
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 60B15
zbMATH DE Number: 871559
zbMATH Keywords: mapping class group
zbMATH Keywords: train track
zbMATH Keywords: random walk
zbMATH Keywords: Teichmüller space
zbMATH Keywords: Thurston compactification
reviewed by: Vadim A. Kaimanovich
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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