Strong convergence of Kleinian groups: the cracked eggshell

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Abstract: In this paper we give a complete description of the set of discrete faithful representations SH(M) uniformizing a compact, orientable, hyperbolizable 3-manifold M with incompressible boundary, equipped with the strong topology, with the description given in term of the end invariants of the quotient manifolds. As part of this description, we introduce coordinates on SH(M) that extend the usual Ahlfors-Bers coordinates. We use these coordinates to show the local connectivity of SH(M) and study the action of the modular group of M on SH(M).


In the paper under review the authors consider the basic question of understanding the behavior of sequences of Kleinian groups. Let \(M\) be a compact, orientable, hyperbolizable 3-manifold with incompressible boundary. Let D\((\pi_{1}(M))\) denote the set of discrete faithful representations \(\rho:\pi_{1}(M)\rightarrow\text{ PSL}(2,\mathbb{C})\) equipped with the topology of algebraic convergence. The group Isom\(^{+}(\mathbb{H}^{3})\cong\text{ PSL}(2,\mathbb{C})\) of orientation-preserving isometries of hyperbolic 3-space acts on \(D(\pi_{1}(M))\) by conjugation. The quotient of \(D(\pi_{1}(M))\) by PSL\((2,\mathbb{C})\) endowed with the algebraic topology is denoted by AH\((\pi_{1}(M))\), which can be identified with the set of hyperbolic 3-manifolds homotopy equivalent to \(M\) up to isometry. Let SH\((\pi_{1}(M))\) be the set AH\((\pi_{1}(M))\) equipped with the strong topology. One can identify SH\((\pi_{1}(M))\) with the space of hyperbolic manifolds homotopy equivalent to \(M\) (up to isometry) equipped with a marked pointed Hausdorff-Gromov topology. Let D\((M)\) be the set of representations \(\rho \in D (\pi_{1}(M))\) that uniformize \(M\). Let AH\((M)\) (respectively SH\((M)\)) be the quotient of D\((M)\) by PSL\((2,{\mathbb{C}})\) endowed with the algebraic topology (respectively the strong topology). By the Ending Lamination Classification, together with some results in this paper, the authors show: {Theorem D. } The ending map that to a representation uniformizing \(M\) associates its end invariants is a homeomorphism from \(\text{SH}(M)\) into the set of doubly incompressible gallimaufries. (Where the term gallimaufry is defined in Section 2.8. of the paper under review; basically, a gallimaufry \(\Gamma=(F,m,L)\) on a compact orientable surface of genus at least 2 is an open, incompressible subsurface \(F\), a complete hyperbolic metric on \(F\) with finite area, \(m\), and a recurrent geodesic lamination on the complement of \(F\), \(L\), satisfying some additional conditions.) Using Theorem D and constructing appropriate paths in the space of doubly incompressible gallimaufries, the authors prove Theorems A and B: Theorem A. The space \(\text{SH}(\pi_{1}(M))\) is locally connected. Theorem B. Let \(\rho\in \text{{SH}}(\pi_{1}(M))\) be a representation uniformizing \(M\). Then every neighborhood of \(\rho\) contains a neighborhood \(V \subset \text{SH}(\pi_{1}(M))\) of \(\rho\) such that \(V \cap \text{int}(\text{SH}(\pi_{1}(M)))\) is connected. In the last section, they study the action of Mod\((M)\) on SH\((M)\) and obtain the following: Theorem C. Assume that M is not an I-bundle over a closed surface. Then the action of \(\text{{Mod}}(M)\) on \(\text{{SH}}(M)\) is properly discontinuous.











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