Equivariant Plateau problems

DOI10.1007/S10711-008-9310-9MaRDI QIDQ1027759zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors J. Blot

Publication date 30 June 2009

Published in Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0602271

zbMATH Keywords

complex projective structureequivariant Plateau problemFuchsian groupKleinian group.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Compact Riemann surfaces and uniformization (30F10) Kleinian groups (aspects of compact Riemann surfaces and uniformization) (30F40) Moduli of Riemann surfaces, Teichmüller theory (complex-analytic aspects in several variables) (32G15) General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50)

Abstract: Let $(M,Q)$ be a compact, three dimensional manifold of strictly negative sectional curvature. Let $(Sigma,P)$ be a compact, orientable surface of hyperbolic type (i.e. of genus at least two). Let $heta:p{i}_1(Sigma,P)op{i}_1(M,Q)$ be a homomorphism. Generalising a recent result of Gallo, Kapovich and Marden concerning necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of complex projective structures with specified holonomy to manifolds of non-constant negative curvature, we obtain necessary conditions on $heta$ for the existence of a so called $heta$-equivariant Plateau problem over $Sigma$, which is equivalent to the existence of a strictly convex immersion $i:SigmaoM$ which realises $heta$ (i.e. such that $heta=i_{\ast }$).

Review text

Let \((M,Q)\) be a compact three-dimensional manifold of strictly negative sectional curvature, with universal cover \(\tilde{M}\), \(\partial \tilde{M}\) being the ideal boundary of \(M\). Let \((\Sigma, P)\) be a pointed closed orientable surface of genus \(\geq 2\). The author studies means of obtaining constant curvature realizations of homomorphisms of fundamental groups of \(M\) into the fundamental group of \(M\). The problem can be rephrased in terms of the so-called equivariant Plateau problem over \(\Sigma\). This notion was introduced by Labourie: Let \((\tilde{\Sigma},\tilde{P})\) be the universal cover of \((\Sigma,P)\). Let \(\theta:\pi_1(\Sigma,P)\to \pi_1(M,Q)\) be a homomorphism. A \textit{\(\theta\)-equivariant Plateau problem over \(\Sigma\)} is a function \(\varphi:\tilde{\Sigma}\to\partial\tilde{M}\) such that for all \(\gamma\) in \(\pi_1(\Sigma,P)\), we have \(\varphi\circ \gamma=\theta(\gamma)\circ \varphi\). The author proves that with the above notation, if \(\theta\) is \textit{non-elementary} in a certain sense and can be lifted to a homomorphism from \(\pi_1(\Sigma,P)\) into the component of the group of homeomorphisms of \(\partial \tilde{M}\) which contain the identity, then there exists an equivariant Plateau problem for \(\theta\). As a corollary, the author obtains that if \(\theta\) is non-elementary and lifts, then there exists a convex immersion \(\Sigma\to M\) that induces \(\theta\). The theorem and its corollary generalize a result of Gallo, Kapovich and Marden giving necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of complex projective structures with specified holonomy for manifolds of constant negative sectional curvature.

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