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arXiv · 2010.11011

On fibrations approaching the Arakelov equality

Abstract

The sum of Lyapunov exponents $L_f$ of a semi-stable fibration is the ratio of the degree of the Hodge bundle by the Euler characteristic of the base. This ratio is bounded from above by the Arakelov inequality. Sheng-Li Tan showed that for fiber genus $g\geq 2$ the Arakelov equality is never attained. We investigate whether there are sequences of fibrations approaching asymptotically the Arakelov bound. The answer turns out to be no, if the fibration is smooth, or non-hyperelliptic, or has a small base genus. Moreover, we construct examples of semi-stable fibrations showing that Teichmüller curves are not attaining the maximal possible value of $L_f$.

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Maximilian Bieri. 2020-11-29. On fibrations approaching the Arakelov equality. https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.11011

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