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The Magic Wand Theorem of A. Eskin and M. Mirzakhani

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Abstract

This is the English translation of a short note published by Gazette des Mathématiciens. The author was asked to present the recent work of Alex Eskin and of Maryam Mirzakhani, arXiv:1302.3320, and their joint work with Amir Mohammadi, arXiv:1305.3015, on SL(2,R)-action on the moduli space of Abelian differentials. This is a popularization paper with no proofs. Its only purpose is to suggest some motivations, and to outline possible applications considering billiards in polygons as an example.

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Journal reference
Gazette des mathématiciens, 142 (2014) 39-54
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Subjects
math.DSDynamical Systems

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  1. Mathematician Wins $3M Prize for 'Magic Wand Theorem' 1 comment

    • Maybe I’m overly annoyable right now but I was unable to find, in the first 20 or so paragraphs of fluff, a statement of what the theorem actually is, and barely a hint of even what field it’s in. Is there a better write up anywhere that actually talks about the math rather than…

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