Variations on a Theorem of Birman and Series

Abstract

Suppose that $\Sigma$ is a hyperbolic surface and $f:\mathbb R_+\to\mathbb R_+$ a monotonic function. We study the closure in the projective tangent bundle $PT\Sigma$ of the set of all geodesics $\gamma$ satisfying $I(\gamma,\gamma)\leq f(\ell_\Sigma(\gamma))$. For instance we prove that if $f$ is unbounded and sublinear then this set has Hausdorff dimension strictly bounded between 1 and 3.