Flat metrics, cubic differentials and limits of projective holonomies (Q2467179)

The author and F. Labourie have independently shown that a convex real projective structure on an oriented surface (of genus \(\geq 2\)) corresponds precisely to a pair consisting of a conformal structure on the surface and a holomorphic cubic differential. Now fix the conformal structure and allow the cubic differential \(\lambda U_0\) to vary as \(\lambda \to \infty\). In this paper, the limiting holonomy of convex real projective structures is then determined along certain paths. An application to Kim's compactification of the deformation space of convex real projective structures is given.