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Abstract A representation of a finitely generated group into the projective general linear group is called convex co‐compact if it has finite kernel and its image acts convex co‐compactly on a properly convex domain in real projective space. We prove that the fundamental group of a closed irreducible orientable 3‐manifold can admit such a representation only when the manifold is geometric (with Euclidean, Hyperbolic or Euclidean Hyperbolic geometry) or when every component in the geometric decomposition is hyperbolic. In each case, we describe the structure of such examples.
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The moduli space of marked generalized cusps in real projective manifolds
ln this paper, a generalized cusp is a properly convex manifold with strictly convex boundary that is diffeomorphic to M × [ 0 , ∞ ) M\times [0,\infty ) where M M is a closed Euclidean manifold. These are classified by Ballas, Cooper, and Leitner [J. Topol. 13 (2020), pp. 1455-1496]. The marked moduli space is homeomorphic to a subspace of the space of conjugacy classes of representations of π 1 M \pi _1M . It has one description as a generalization of a trace-variety, and another description involving weight data that is similar to that used to describe semi-simple Lie groups. It is also a bundle over the space of Euclidean similarity (conformally flat) structures on M M , and the fiber is a closed cone in the space of cubic differentials. For 3 3 -dimensional orientable generalized cusps, the fiber is homeomorphic to a cone on a solid torus.
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- Award ID(s):
- 1709097
- PAR ID:
- 10451761
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Conformal Geometry and Dynamics of the American Mathematical Society
- Volume:
- 26
- Issue:
- 7
- ISSN:
- 1088-4173
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 111 to 164
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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