Exceptional directions for the Teichmüller geodesic flow and Hausdorff dimension

Abstract

We prove that for every flat surface $\omega$, the Hausdorff dimension of the set of directions in which Teichmüller geodesics starting from $\omega$ exhibit a definite amount of deviation from the correct limit in Birkhoff's and Oseledets' Theorems is strictly less than $1$. This theorem extends a result by Chaika and Eskin where they proved that such sets have measure $0$. We also prove that the Hausdorff dimension of the directions in which Teichmüller geodesics diverge on average in a stratum is bounded above by $1/2$, strengthening a classical result due to Masur. Moreover, we show that the Hausdorff codimension of the set of non-weakly mixing IETs with permutation $(d,d-1,\dots ,1)$, where $d$ is an odd number, is exactly $1/2$ and strengthen a result by Avila and Leguil.

47 pages, strengthened main theorems and added an application to IETs