Gamma-cohomology and the Selberg zeta function.
An orbifold is a topological space which ?locally looks like? the orbit space of a properly discontinuous group action on a manifold. After a brief review of basic concepts, we consider the special case 3-dimensional orbifolds of the form GammaM, where M is a simply-connected 3-dimensional homogeneous space corresponding to one of Thurston?s eight geometries, and where Gamma < Isom(M) acts properly discontinuously. A general description of these geometric orbifolds is given and the closed...
Consider a complex projective space with its Fubini-Study metric. We study certain one parameter deformations of this metric on the complement of an arrangement (= finite union of hyperplanes) whose Levi-Civita connection is of Dunkl type. Interesting examples are obtained from the arrangements defined by finite complex reflection groups. We determine a parameter interval for which the metric is locally of Fubini-Study type, flat, or complex-hyperbolic. We find a finite subset of this interval for...
On expose une preuve détaillée de la classification par Thurston des huit géométries modèles de dimension trois.
For a locally symmetric space , we define a compactification which we call the “geodesic compactification”. It is constructed by adding limit points in to certain geodesics in . The geodesic compactification arises in other contexts. Two general constructions of Gromov for an ideal boundary of a Riemannian manifold give for locally symmetric spaces. Moreover, has a natural group theoretic construction using the Tits building. The geodesic compactification plays two fundamental roles in...
Dans cet article, nous étudions les propriétés asymptotiques d’une large classe de sous-groupe discrets du groupe linéaire réel : les groupes de Ping-Pong. Nous décrivons leur action sur l’espace projectif réel et le comportement à l’infini de leur fonction de comptage.
Soient un espace symétrique de type non compact et un groupe discret d’isométries de du type de Schottky. Dans cet article, nous donnons des équivalents des fonctions orbitales de comptage pour l’action de sur .