Dominating Surface Group Representations by Fuchsian Ones

DOI10.1093/IMRN/RNV275zbMATH Open1404.53046arXiv1311.2919OpenAlexW1557651668WikidataQ125879363 ScholiaQ125879363MaRDI QIDQ4560470FDOQ4560470

Nicolas Tholozan, Bertrand Deroin

Publication date: 12 December 2018

Published in: IMRN. International Mathematics Research Notices (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove that a representation from the fundamental group of a closed surface of negative Euler characteristic with values in the isometry group of a Riemannian manifold of sectional curvature bounded by -1 can be dominated by a Fuchsian representation. Moreover, we prove that the domination can be made strict, unless the representation is discrete and faithful in restriction to an invariant totally geodesic 2-plane of curvature -1. When applied to representations into PSL(2,R) of non-extremal Euler class, our result is a step forward in understanding the space of closed anti-de Sitter 3-manifolds.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1311.2919

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global Riemannian geometry, including pinching (53C20)

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