Hyperbolic cone-manifold structures with prescribed holonomy. I: Punctured tori

DOI10.1007/S10711-010-9547-YzbMATH Open1252.57007arXiv1006.5223OpenAlexW1986273006MaRDI QIDQ540485FDOQ540485

Authors: Daniel Mathews 

Publication date: 3 June 2011

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider the relationship between hyperbolic cone-manifold structures on surfaces, and algebraic representations of the fundamental group into a group of isometries. A hyperbolic cone-manifold structure on a surface, with all interior cone angles being integer multiples of $2pi$, determines a holonomy representation of the fundamental group. We ask, conversely, when a representation of the fundamental group is the holonomy of a hyperbolic cone-manifold structure. In this paper we prove results for the punctured torus; in the sequel, for higher genus surfaces. We show that a representation of the fundamental group of a punctured torus is a holonomy representation of a hyperbolic cone-manifold structure with no interior cone points and a single corner point if and only if it is not virtually abelian. We construct a pentagonal fundamental domain for hyperbolic structures, from the geometry of a representation. Our techniques involve the universal covering group of the group of orientation-preserving isometries of the hyperbolic plane, and Markoff moves arising from the action of the mapping class group on the character variety.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1006.5223

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zbMATH Keywords

holonomyhyperbolic surfacehyperbolic cone-manifold structure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50)

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