Cross ratios, surface groups, P S L ( n , 𝐑 ) and diffeomorphisms of the circle

François Labourie

Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS (2007)

  • Volume: 106, page 139-213
  • ISSN: 0073-8301

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This article relates representations of surface groups to cross ratios. We first identify a connected component of the space of representations into PSL(n,ℝ) – known as the n-Hitchin component– to a subset of the set of cross ratios on the boundary at infinity of the group. Similarly, we study some representations into C 1 , h ( 𝕋 ) ⋊ Diff h ( 𝕋 ) associated to cross ratios and exhibit a “character variety” of these representations. We show that this character variety contains alln-Hitchin components as well as the set of negatively curved metrics on the surface.

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Labourie, François. "Cross ratios, surface groups, $PSL(n,\mathbf {R})$ and diffeomorphisms of the circle." Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS 106 (2007): 139-213. <http://eudml.org/doc/104227>.

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keywords = {fundamental group representations; character variety; cross ratio; Hitchin component; higher Teichmüller theory},
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title = {Cross ratios, surface groups, $PSL(n,\mathbf \{R\})$ and diffeomorphisms of the circle},
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