Ergodic Geodesic Flows and First Kind Flute Surfaces

Abstract

We study flute surfaces and extend results of Pandazis and Šarić giving necessary and sufficient conditions on the Fenchel-Nielsen coordinates of the surface to be of the first kind. As a consequence of the first result, we characterize parabolic flute surfaces (i.e. flute surfaces with ergodic geodesic flow) with twist parameters in {0,1/2}, extending the work of Pandazis and Šarić.

36 pages, 23 figures. 1 Appendix