(1) Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, Le Bois-Marie, 35 Route de Chartres, F-91440 Bures-sur-Yvette, France;(2) Institut Mathématique de Rennes, Université Rennes-1, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes, France
Abstract:
Consider the moduli space of pairs (C,) where C is a smooth compact complex curve of a given genus and is a holomorphic 1-form on C with a given list of multiplicities of zeroes. We describe connected components of this space. This classification is important in the study of dynamics of interval exchange transformations and billiards in rational polygons, and in the study of geometry of translation surfaces.