Complex hyperbolic structures on disc bundles over surfaces

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Abstract: We study complex hyperbolic disc bundles over closed orientable surfaces that arise from discrete and faithful representations H_n->PU(2,1), where H_n is the fundamental group of the orbifold S^2(2,...,2) and thus contains a surface group as a subgroup of index 2 or 4. The results obtained provide the first complex hyperbolic disc bundles M->{Sigma} that: admit both real and complex hyperbolic structures; satisfy the equality 2(chi+e)=3 au; satisfy the inequality chi/2<e; and induce discrete and faithful representations pi_1Sigma->PU(2,1) with fractional Toledo invariant; where {chi} is the Euler characteristic of Sigma, e denotes the Euler number of M, and { au} stands for the Toledo invariant of M. To get a satisfactory explanation of the equality 2(chi+e)=3 au, we conjecture that there exists a holomorphic section in all our examples. In order to reduce the amount of calculations, we systematically explore coordinate-free methods.





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