Iterated grafting and holonomy lifts of Teichmüller space

Abstract: Let

X

be a closed hyperbolic surface and

l a m b d a, e t a

be weighted geodesic multicurves which are short on X. We show that the iterated grafting along

l a m b d a

and

e t a

is close in the Teichmueller metric to grafting along a single multicurve which can be given explicitly in terms of

l a m b d a

and

e t a

. Using this result, we study the holonomy lifts

g r_{l a m b d a} h o_{X, l a m b d a}

of Teichmueller geodesics

h o_{X, l a m b d a}

for integral laminations

l a m b d a

and show that all of them have bounded Teichmueller distance to the geodesic

h o_{X, l a m b d a}

. We obtain analogous results for grafting rays. Finally we consider the asymptotic behaviour of iterated grafting sequences

g r_{n l a m b d a} X

and show that they converge geometrically to a punctured surface.

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