Flat Surfaces with Finite Holonomy Groups

Abstract

We prove that flow of a generic geodesic on a flat surface with finite holonomy group is ergodic. We use this result to prove that flows of generic billiards on certain flat surfaces with boundary are also ergodic.

arXiv comment11 pages, 2 figures

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