Zoom link: https://u-paris.zoom.us/j/87632342205?pwd=VXc1cWtNbDdibVFiNWZGL3ViakhMZz09

In this course I plan to discuss square-tiled surfaces and interval exchange transformations from unusual angle, focusing on their geometric and combinatorial aspects. As a teaser I will describe a solution of an old problem of Vladimir Arnold on asymptotic statistics of transitive permutations among random interval exchange permutations.

We will see that the solution of this seemingly naive combinatorial problem involves Masur-Veech volumes of strata in the moduli space of Abelian differentials, and leads, in turn, to further challenging conjectures such as asymptotic equidistribution of integer points on closed long Teichmuller horocycles in the moduli

spaces of Abelian differentials and reduction of certain sums to rational linear combinations of multiple zeta values.

Arnold's problem would also lead us to square-tiled surfaces and to arithmetic Teichmuller discs. As an application we will count oriented meanders on a surface of arbitrary genus g. (The Arnold's problem and the problem on asymptotic count of oriented meanders were very recently solved by V.Delecroix, E.Goujard, P.Zograf and

myself.)

En route, we will discuss canonical aspects of interval exchange transformations like Rauzy-Veech induction, Abelian differentials corresponding to suspensions over an interval exchange, relation to the Teichmuller geodesic flow, the induced cocycle (Kontsevich - Zorich cocycle) in the Hodge bundle over this flow, and the

Lyapunov exponents of this cocycle.

I plan to alternate theoretical lectures and practical exercises treating numerous concrete examples. One of the goals of the course is to present certain number of open problems and conjectures. I do not assume any knowledge of the subjects mentioned above: I plan to tell all necessary facts on the way.

Bio:

Anton Zorich is Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7. He is a former member of the Institut Universitaire de France. His research lies on the border between dynamical systems, geometry and topology. He often performs computer experiments which sometimes lead to conjectures proved years or decades later. He usually works in collaboration; often with Alex Eskin and Maxim Kontsevich. He was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Madrid in 2006.

Videos：

Lecture 1. Arnold's Problem on Interval Exchange Permutations

https://u-paris.zoom.us/rec/share/KmPbNd6qLP_d223DLvh7IDvUDNY9rDm3QV4bYBvg2nF6VCXQTlVBOAERmLHNWBoH.HTenb9vNURbbOhGh

Lecture 2. Thursday, Sep 29. Arnold's Problem on Interval Exchange Permutations. Part 2

https://u-paris.zoom.us/rec/share/oGY5B6mDrOveojksJ78Ay-0CTYwMWNZ8lRDVxkugWCw9ejF-9n8QY55OchexVUc.AMacffVq-BcZayS- 

Lecture 3. Tuesday, Oct 11. Explicit representatives of components of strata

https://u-paris.zoom.us/rec/share/T0NJwVb0lNgIBwq3rLbam98ybbny1mo5PoDHXtfUgRi-fugyJ19m8riMDw5hHmTg.WMLiClAMTtZpOwvf?startTime=1665472985000 

Lecture 4. Tuesday, October 13, 2022. Explicit computations

https://u-paris.zoom.us/rec/share/LQfgQ1bF9Q6mN7IuxuJDX4769sFJGLi4uemTK4-NwrFjeGkjQsr61WUFAwdNMMoK.8EWohuB3HPXUUK8q 

Lecture 5. Tuesday, November 1, 2022. Teichmuller geodesic flow and an idea of renormalization.

https://u-paris.zoom.us/rec/share/XIVc7jClMq-diI7evmco5FF05tbU4qWQAIemPaRij6g8QbnhzlwGiS5npywfPuwZ.7SVHfIZZeqcffWdD

Lecture 6. Thursday, November 3, 2022. Rauzy--Veech induction as a renormalization.

https://u-paris.zoom.us/rec/share/S54iwPPGxwIqaIocWdqKWxvif1eHzW_Nj16z9dpBu1_7Nda1hlCZOaNwUQ4a6ZzN.mzLlgWj984NInOwp 

Lecture 7. Tuesday, November 8, 2022.Rauzy--Veech induction in details.Continued fractions and cutting sequences as a particular case of the Rauzy--Veech induction.

https://u-paris.zoom.us/rec/share/7kDi6bMsZH2bbRV2FoHFA1zYJS9XPQGGyUdYWmJGRnhb-CLGKTGujLFxPwM_3nss.basMPHEKP00xKmY5 

Lecture 8. Thursday, November 10, 2022. Lyapunov exponents of the Teichmuller geodesic flow and of the Kontsevich-Zorich cocycle. General facts.

https://u-paris.zoom.us/rec/share/zrP5r1ZdIcxTH2AcOlQqQfg89m_dEVt-lFmKdCBlgmtOOUdk4sPv5tx3MMmUpxhd.03TijPUqpFASFl47 

Lecture 9. Tuesday, November 15, 2022. Cocycles and subbundles related to the Kontsevich--Zorich cocycle

https://u-paris.zoom.us/rec/share/dnYpNgE6c4rHnzc58JlBd8_X6FaVsbRi7L52rWTgac4aFd8UPosJl2oSXpitMhOk.t8yq5XesxEfXmndu

Lecture 10. Thursday, November 17, 2022. Formula for the sum of the Lyapunov exponents of the Kontsevich-Zorich cocycle

https://u-paris.zoom.us/rec/share/FQ2H5yrJT-oaFbfDl0ZRk7p_gjJS5agWVd2wZO9gCv0LKVo8FN4fhbKBB0NYpHsd.JlAGmyhTFDH-d2Gl

Lecture 11.Tuesday, November 22, 2022. Diffusion rate of Ehrenfest windtree billiards and Lyapunov exponents of the Teichmuller flow

https://u-paris.zoom.us/rec/share/X7BOj8v8hA5ElRnkHusYwTkwWe9TOfGg3OaOshQkHDYJigSTVMNh5ueyHtyfOeG1.Kn6NAlYRPSXz5-VH

Lecture 12.Thursday, November 24, 2022. Sum of Lyapunov exponents of the Kontsevich--Zorich cocycle: outline of the proof

https://u-paris.zoom.us/rec/share/QxbbKPyeh6LApxyEOM4CatD4eyCIVdh0HM_-WazcRJ5K_mv2_nWjXcy04ggKQq-V.APloFn-FH3RCgLwc

Slides：

2022_Fall_YMSC_1_Arnold_Problem.pdf

2022_Fall_YMSC_2_Arnold_Problem.pdf

2022_Fall_YMSC_3_Representatives.pdf

2022_Fall_YMSC_4_Explicit_Computations.pdf

2022_Fall_YMSC_5_Teichmuller_geodesic_flow.pdf

2022_Fall_YMSC_6_Renormalization.pdf

2022_Fall_YMSC_7_Rauzy_Veech_Induction.pdf

2022_Fall_YMSC_8_Lyapunov_exponents.pdf

2022_Fall_YMSC_9_Various_Cocycles.pdf

2022_Fall_YMSC_10_Sum_of_Lyapunov_exponents.pdf

2022_Fall_YMSC_11_Windtree.pdf

2022_Fall_YMSC_12_Sum_of_Exponents_Proof.pdf