Relative Period Deformations

The Arnoux-Yoccoz surface

from flatsurf import translation_surfaces

s = translation_surfaces.arnoux_yoccoz(3).canonicalize()

s.plot()

field = s.base_ring()
field

Number Field in alpha with defining polynomial x^3 + x^2 + x - 1 with alpha = 0.5436890126920763?

alpha = field.gen()
AA(alpha)

0.5436890126920763?

m = matrix(field, [[alpha, 0], [0, 1 / alpha]])
show(m)

\(\displaystyle \left(\begin{array}{rr} \alpha & 0 \\ 0 & \alpha^{2} + \alpha + 1 \end{array}\right)\)

Check that \(m\) is the derivative of a pseudo-Anosov of \(s\).

(m * s).canonicalize() == s

True

Rel deformation

A singularity of the surface is an equivalence class of vertices of the polygons making up the surface.

s.point(0, 0)

Vertex 0 of polygon 0

We’ll move this singularity to the right by two different amounts:

s1 = s.rel_deformation(
    {s.point(0, 0): vector(field, (alpha / (1 - alpha), 0))}
).canonicalize()

s2 = s.rel_deformation(
    {s.point(0, 0): vector(field, (1 / (1 - alpha), 0))}
).canonicalize()

Note that by the action of the derivative of the pseudo-Anosov we have:

s1 == (m * s2).canonicalize()

True

By a Theorem of Barak Weiss and the author of this notebook, these surfaces are all periodic in the vertical direction. You can see the vertical cylinders:

s1.plot()