Higher dimensional divergence for mapping class groups
Jason Behrstock
City University of New York, Bronx, USACornelia Druţu
University of Oxford, UK
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Abstract
In this paper we investigate the higher dimensional divergence functions of mapping class groups of surfaces. We show that these functions exhibit phase transitions at the quasi-flat rank (as measured by genus + number of punctures ).
Cite this article
Jason Behrstock, Cornelia Druţu, Higher dimensional divergence for mapping class groups. Groups Geom. Dyn. 13 (2019), no. 3, pp. 1035–1056
DOI 10.4171/GGD/513