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The Spring Topology and Dynamics Conference 2009
March 7-9, 2009
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL, USA

Organizers
Lou Block, Phil Boyland (chair), Beverly Brechner, Sasha Dranishnikov, and Jed Keesling.

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Compactifying the space of flat structures.
by
Christopher Leininger
University of Illinois at Urbana--Champaign
Coauthors: Moon Duchin and Kasra Rafi

Using Bonahon's space of geodesic currents, we describe a compactification of the space of flat structures on a closed surface. The points which are added have a geometric description as ``mixed structures'' on the surface. A mixed structure is a hybrid of a flat structure and a measured lamination.

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Date received: February 20, 2009

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