Strongly dense representations of hyperbolic 3-manifold groups (Q6864617)

Strongly dense representations of hyperbolic \(3\)-manifold groups are defined as homomorphisms from the fundamental group of the manifold into a semisimple algebraic group \(G\) (such as \(SL(n,\mathbb R)\) or \(SU(p,q)\)) where every pair of non-commuting elements generates a Zariski dense subgroup.\N\NIn this paper, the author provides the first examples of such representations for closed hyperbolic \(3\)-manifold groups into \(SL(4,\mathbb R)\) and \(SU(3,1)\), which arise from projective deformations of their hyperbolic structures. These examples are constructed via holonomy representations derived from projective deformations of the hyperbolic structure, specifically by analyzing a \(1\)-dimensional subfamily of representations.\N\NThis work extends previous results on surface groups to \(3\)-manifold groups and proves the existence of non-Hitchin strongly dense subgroups in \(SL(4,\mathbb R)\)