Holonomy limits of complex projective structures

Teichmüller theory for Riemann surfaces (30F60) Moduli of Riemann surfaces, Teichmüller theory (complex-analytic aspects in several variables) (32G15) General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50)

Abstract: We study the limits of holonomy representations of complex projective structures on a compact Riemann surface in the Morgan-Shalen compactification of the character variety. We show that the dual R-trees of the quadratic differentials associated to a divergent sequence of projective structures determine the Morgan-Shalen limit points up to a natural folding operation. For quadratic differentials with simple zeros, no folding is possible and the limit of holonomy representations is isometric to the dual tree. We also derive an estimate for the growth rate of the holonomy map in terms of a norm on the space of quadratic differentials.

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Let \(X\) be a closed Riemann surface of genus \(g > 1\) and let \(\Pi\) be the fundamental group of \(X\). The space of complex projective structures on \(X\) can be naturally identified with the vector space \(Q(X)\) of holomorphic quadratic differentials on \(X\). To any complex projective structure on \(X\) is associated a holonomy representation, which defines an element of the \(\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb{C})\)-character variety \(\mathcal{X}(\Pi)\) of \(\Pi\). It is a theorem of [\textit{D. Gallo} et al., Ann. Math. (2) 151, No. 2, 625--704 (2000; Zbl 0977.30028)] that the resulting map \(\mathrm{hol} : Q(X) \rightarrow \mathcal{X}(\Pi)\) is proper. In this paper, the author shows that for every divergent sequence \(\phi_n \in Q(X)\) with projective limit \(\phi\), the dual \(\mathbb{R}\)-tree of the quadratic differential \(\phi\) determines the limit points of \(\mathrm{hol}(\phi_n)\) in the Morgan-Shalen compactification of \(\mathcal{X}(\Pi)\) up to a natural folding operation.

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