The boundary of a totally geodesic subvariety of moduli space

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Main Authors: Benirschke, Frederik, Dozier, Benjamin, Rached, John
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author Benirschke, Frederik
Dozier, Benjamin
Rached, John
author_facet Benirschke, Frederik
Dozier, Benjamin
Rached, John
contents We consider subvarieties $N$ of $\mathcal{M}_{g,n}$, the moduli space of genus $g$ Riemann surfaces with $n$ marked points, that are totally geodesic with respect to the Teichmüller metric. The Deligne-Mumford boundary of $\mathcal{M}_{g,n}$ decomposes into strata, each of which is essentially a product of lower complexity moduli spaces -- in such spaces there is a natural notion of totally geodesic. We show that the boundary locus of $N$ in any such stratum is itself totally geodesic. Furthermore, we prove that each such boundary locus decomposes into prime pieces, and for each such piece the projection to each factor is locally isometric in an appropriate sense.
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spellingShingle The boundary of a totally geodesic subvariety of moduli space
Benirschke, Frederik
Dozier, Benjamin
Rached, John
Geometric Topology
Algebraic Geometry
Dynamical Systems
We consider subvarieties $N$ of $\mathcal{M}_{g,n}$, the moduli space of genus $g$ Riemann surfaces with $n$ marked points, that are totally geodesic with respect to the Teichmüller metric. The Deligne-Mumford boundary of $\mathcal{M}_{g,n}$ decomposes into strata, each of which is essentially a product of lower complexity moduli spaces -- in such spaces there is a natural notion of totally geodesic. We show that the boundary locus of $N$ in any such stratum is itself totally geodesic. Furthermore, we prove that each such boundary locus decomposes into prime pieces, and for each such piece the projection to each factor is locally isometric in an appropriate sense.
title The boundary of a totally geodesic subvariety of moduli space
topic Geometric Topology
Algebraic Geometry
Dynamical Systems
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.06765