The space of properly-convex structures

MaRDI QIDQ6349064zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Daryl Cooper, Stephan Tillmann

Publication date 14 September 2020

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General properties and structure of real Lie groups (22E15) General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50) Groups acting on specific manifolds (57S25)

Abstract: Suppose $G$ is finitely generated group and $mathcalC(G)$ consists of all $ho:GooperatornamePGL(n+1,mathbbR)$ for which there exists a properly convex set in $mathbbRmathbb{P}^n$ that is preserved by $ho(G)$. Then the image of $mathcalC(G)$ is closed in the character variety. Suppose $G$ does not contain an infinite, normal, abelian subgroup and $mathcalD(G)subsetmathcalC(G)$ is the subset of holonomies of properly-convex $n$-manifolds with fundamental group $G$. Then the image $mathcalD(G)$ is closed in the character variety. If $M$ is the interior of a compact $n$-manifold and $G=p{i}_{1}M$ is as above, and either $M$ is closed, or $p{i}_{1}M$ contains a subgroup of infinite index isomorphic to $mathbb{Z}^{n-1}$, then $mathcalD(G)$ is closed. If, in addition, $M$ is the interior of a compact manifold $N$ such that every component of $partialN$ is $p{i}_1$-injective, and finitely covered by a torus, then every element of $mathcalD(G)$ is the holonomy of a properly-convex structure on $M$, and $mathcalD(G)$ is a union of connected components of a semi-algebraic set.

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