Infinitesimal projective rigidity under Dehn filling (Q658409)

To each hyperbolic manifold, a canonical projective structure can be associated and the fundamental question the present work deals with is whether or not this structure can be deformed. The definition of a closed hyperbolic 3-manifold being infinitesimally projectively rigid is given, as well as the definition of a hyperbolic cusped 3-manifold of finite volume being infinitesimally projectively rigid relative to the cusps. The first theorem proven by the authors concerns hyperbolic cusped 3-manifolds and it states that, if \(M\) is a compact orientable 3-manifold whose interior is hyperbolic with finite volume and if \(M\) is infinitesimally projectively rigid relative to the cusps then infinitely many Dehn fillings on \(M\) are infinitesimally projectively rigid. The second theorem concerns closed hyperbolic 3-manifolds. Recall that the hyperbolic Dehn filling space was defined by Thurston who proved that for all but a finite number of filling slopes on each boundary component, the 3-manifolds obtained by Dehn filling are hyperbolic. The second main result of the paper is stated as follows: Let \(M\) be a compact orientable 3-manifold whose interior is hyperbolic with cusps. If a hyperbolic Dehn filling \(N\) on \(M\) satisfies (i) \(N\) is infinitesimally projectively rigid, (ii) the Dehn filling slope of \(N\) is contained in the (connected) hyperbolic Dehn filling space of \(M,\) then infinitely many Dehn fillings on \(M\) are infinitesimally projectively rigid.