Convex co-compact representations of 3-manifold groups

arXiv2009.05191MaRDI QIDQ6504061FDOQ6504061

Authors: Mitul Islam, Andrew M. Zimmer 

Abstract: A representation of a finitely generated group into the projective general linear group is called convex co-compact if it has finite kernel and its image acts convex co-compactly on a properly convex domain in real projective space. We prove that the fundamental group of a closed irreducible orientable 3-manifold can admit such a representation only when the manifold is geometric (with Euclidean, Hyperbolic, or Euclidean $imes$ Hyperbolic geometry) or when every component in the geometric decomposition is hyperbolic. In each case, we describe the structure of such examples.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hyperbolic groups and nonpositively curved groups (20F67) Fuchsian groups and their generalizations (group-theoretic aspects) (20H10) Non-Euclidean differential geometry (53A35) General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50) Projective differential geometry (53A20)

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