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Some general properties of arithmetic groups of simplest type
I'm working in the area of arithmetic Kleinian groups (as discrete groups of motions of hyperbolic 3-space). For the more general case of hyperbolic $n$-space, there is a particular class of ...
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Geometric realization of an abstract triangulation of the plane
Can every abstract simplicial complex whose geometric realization is homeomorphic to $\mathbb{R}^2$ be realized by a rectilinear triangulation of the Euclidean plane? Alternatively put, can a curvy ...
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Eigenvalues to Dirichlet Laplacian in hyperbolic plane
I'm interested in the study of the spectrum of the Laplacian in hyperbolic plane with Dirichlet boundary conditions. My question is whether one knows explicit domains for whom the eigenvalues are ...
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Canonical Immersion of the Double Torus
It is easy to check that the immersion $\mathbb{T}^2=\mathbb{S}^1\times \mathbb{S}^1\longrightarrow\mathbb{R}^4$, $(\alpha,\beta)\longmapsto(\cos\alpha,\sin\alpha,\cos\beta,\sin\beta)$ induces the ...
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Parallel transport on a Hadamard manifold
Suppose, $X$ is a Hadamard manifold, i.e., a simply connected manifold of non-positive sectional curvature. Fix a point $w$ in $X$. Consider any three points $x, y, z$ in $X$. Let $\tau_{x, w}$ and ...
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How many knots are there with hyperbolic volume less than a given constant
Are there any known upper bounds on:
$$\#\left\{\text{hyperbolic knots }K\subseteq S^3\middle|\operatorname{Vol}(S^3\setminus K)<M\right\}$$
? I expect this grows at least exponentially in $M$, ...
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Exotic actions of hyperbolic groups
Let $G$ be a hyperbolic group acting faithfully on $\mathbb{Z}$ such that:
The action is highly transitive - it is $k$-transitive for each $k \in \mathbb{N}$.
For every quasiconvex subgroup $H \leq ...
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Any way to prove Prime Number Theorem using Hyperbolic Geometry? [closed]
The prime number theorem says that the density of prime numbers is inverse as the number of digits of $n$:
$$\displaystyle \frac{\{1 \leq k \leq n : \text{ prime } \}}{n} \approx \frac{1}{\log n}$$
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Reference request: 3-dimensional Mobius transforms
I am working on a project that I suspect requires calculations involving Möbius transformations on 3-dimensional space $\mathbb{R}^3$, identified with the quaternions $\mathbb{H}$ with $k$-component ...
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Geometry of the space of circles in the Euclidean plane
We know that Mobius transformations, $z\to\frac{az+b}{cz+d}$, permutes circles and lines in the Euclidean plane, $(\mathbb{R}^2, dx^2 + dy^2 )$.
It may even be possible to write an explicit formula ...
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Is triple point intersection 'generic' in Teichmuller space?
Let $S$ be a hyperbolic surface of finite type and $\alpha,\beta$ be two closed curves. Consider $X$ to be the set of all those points $\chi$ in the Teichmuller space $\mathcal{T}(S)$ of $S$ such that ...
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Additivity of simplicial volume
I have read for example in the introduction of http://arxiv.org/pdf/math/0506338v2.pdf about the property that if we glue hyperbolic manifolds with geodesic boundary consisting of tori along some ...
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Equal-area projections of the hyperbolic plane [closed]
I'm aware of the projections of the hyperbolic plane at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbolic_geometry#Models_of_the_hyperbolic_plane, but how would I project the hyperbolic plane onto a flat piece ...
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Bi-Lipschitz classification of germs of conformal metrics at a singularity
First let me introduce some definitions.
By a germ of conformal metrics at a singularity, or simply a germ, I mean a conformal Riemannian metric $g$ defined on a punctured neighborhood $U$ of $0$ in ...
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Uniformization of a plane minus cantor set
Let $\mathbb{D}$ be the unit disk endowed with the Poincaré metric and $G$ be a Fuchsian group such that the hyperbolic surface $\mathbb{D}/G$ is homeomorphic to the plane minus a Cantor set.
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the paraboloid model for hyperbolic space [closed]
In Thurston's Three-Dimensional Geometry and Topology, he gives a recipe for a non-standard model for hyperbolic space which he calls the paraboloid model. I'd like to use the model to try out ...
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Failure of Mostow rigidity in dim. 2
I am trying to understand why Mostow rigidity fails in dimension 2. More concretely, I have the following question:
(1) What is an example of a quasiisometry $f$ of the hyperbolic plane $\mathbb H^2$ ...
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What is the expression of first eigen function of Laplacian on Hyperbolic plane?
Let $\Delta$ be the Laplacian (a positive operator) on $H^2$ the hyperbolic plane. My question is what is the expression of the eigenfunction $\Delta f= f/4$? (say in the ploar coordiante)
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δ-hyperbolic space
It is known that A δ-hyperbolic space is a geodesic metric space in which every geodesic triangle is δ-thin. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%94-hyperbolic_space)
The question is that if we remove ...
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Hlawka inequality for Lorentz quadratic form
Let $K$ be a convex cone in ${\mathbb R}^n$. A continuous function $f:K\rightarrow\mathbb R$ satisfies a Hlawka inequality if
$$f(0)+f(x+y)+f(y+z)+f(z+x)\le f(x)+f(y)+f(z)+f(x+y+z),\qquad\forall ...
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Angle between geodesics in hyperbolic surface
Let $F$ be an oriented surface of finite type with $\chi(F)<0$. Let $\gamma_1$ and $\gamma_2$ are two oriented closed curves which intersect transversally in double points. Given a hyperbolic ...
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simplex in hyperbolic space and quadrics in projective space
I am trying to understand Goncharov's paper "Volumes of hyperbolic manifolds and mixed Tate motives", http://www.ams.org/journals/jams/1999-12-02/S0894-0347-99-00293-3/S0894-0347-99-00293-3.pdf
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Examples of Einstein four-manifolds of negative sectional curvature
Are there any nontrivial compact Einstein four-manifolds of negative or nonpositive sectional curvature? by nontrivial we mean not quotients of $\mathbb{H}^4$, $\mathbb{C}H^2$, ...
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Does the limit in the Volume conjecture converge?
The Volume conjecture says that if $J_n(q)$ are the colored Jones polynomials of a knot $K \subset S^3$, then
$$\lim_{N \to \infty} \frac{ 2 \pi}N \left\vert J_N(e^{2\pi i / N})\right\vert = vol(K)$$
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Metric properties of a quadratic differential at an essential singularity
Let $f(z)dz^2$ be a holomorphic quadratic differential on the punctured disk $\{0<|z|<1\}$, which gives rise to a Riemannian metric $g=|f(z)|\,|dz|^2$ and hence a volume form $\nu=|f(z)| ...
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Dirichlet polyhedra for hyperbolic manifolds
Let $H$ be a simply-connected, complete
space of constant negative curvature, that
is, a hyperbolic space, $\Gamma$ a discrete group of
isometries, and and $M=H/\Gamma$ its quotient space;
we assume ...
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Intersection of closed geodesics in hyperbolic surface
This question may be easy but I could not come up with a proof.
Let $F$ be a hyperbolic surface of finite type (with finitely many boundary and finitely many puncture). Let $\gamma$ be a closed ...
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Geodesic flow on infinite surfaces
The geodesic flow on a compact hyperbolic surface (i.e. a surface with a riemannian metric of constant curvature $-1$) has been well-studied, in particular it has been known for a long time that it is ...
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Besides the tracioid are there other surfaces of revolution that have a constant negative curvature?
There is no surface in $ R^3 $ that can represent the complete hyperbolic plane (Hilberts theorem) so we always have to do with a surface that is not completely equivalent, has a cusp somewhere, but ...
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Is every elementary absolute geometry Euclidean or hyperbolic?
Absolute geometry is any one that satisfies Hilbert's axioms of plane geometry without the axiom of parallels. It is well-known that it is either the Euclidean or a hyperbolic plane. For an elementary ...
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Are Zariski-dense representations of a cocompact complex hyperbolic lattice non-obstructed?
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Suppose that $\Gamma < \text{SU}(n,1)$ is a cocompact lattice, and let $\rho \colon \Gamma \to G$ be a representation to a non-compact simple Lie group (most interesting case for me: $G = ...
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Finding Riemannian metric explicitly from the conformal structure on a surface
Each Riemann surface structure $S'$ on a topological surface $S$ can be obtained from a Riemannian metric which looks like $ds^{2} = g_{11}dx^{2} + 2g_{12}dxdy + g_{22}dy^{2}$ in local coordinates ...
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Is there a straightedge and compass construction of incommensurables in the hyperbolic plane?
In other words, given a segment in the hyperbolic plane is there a straightedge and compass construction of a segment incommensurable with it? In the Euclidean plane one can take the diagonal of the ...
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Heegaard genera of arithmetic 3-manifolds
UPDATE: Because I was hoping that state the question as concisely as
possible, the original post did not include a precise definition of
arithmetic 3-manifold only a reference to Maclachlan and ...
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Bloch group, hyperbolic manifolds and rigidity
I have some questions concerning the hyperbolic geometry side of the rigidity question for $K_3$ which asks if the natural map $K_3^{\operatorname{ind}}(\overline{\mathbb{Q}})\to ...
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Reference for the result that the systol map from Teichmuller space to curve complex is coarsely Lipschitz
Let $\mathcal{T}(S)$ denotes the Teichmuller space of a finite type surface $S$ equipped with Teichmuller metric and $\mathcal{C}(S)$ denotes the curve complex. Define a map ...
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Borel-Serre compactification of $\mathbb{H}^3 / SL_2(\mathcal{O}_K)$
Let $\mathbb{H}^3$ be the three-dimensional hyperbolic space. Let $K$ be an imaginary quadratic number field and $\mathcal{O}_K$ its ring of integers. Then $SL_2(\mathcal{O}_K)$ acts on $\mathbb{H}^3$ ...
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Does the Teichmüller space of the pair of pants admit a continuous global section?
Let $P$ be a pair of pants, $H(P)$ be the space of smooth hyperbolic Riemannian metrics with geodesic boundary on $P$, and $T(P)$ be the Teichmüller space of $P$ (quotient of $H(P)$ under smooth ...
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Why do noncocompact arithmetic Kleinian groups have quadratic trace fields?
I realize there are a few different ways of going about proving this, depending on one's background, but there's a particular number theoretic aspect that I am just blanking on, and can't seem to find ...
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For a 3D Apollonian packing, do we really know that the Hausdorff dimension of the complement is approximated by the growth rate of curvature?
The fractal dimension of the 3D Apollonian packing is computed in this paper.
In the introduction, the authors cite three of Boyd's paper (Ref 2, 5, 6) to support that the fractal dimension ...
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Ratner theorem and dense geodesic planes in hyperbolic manifolds
Suppose we have a closed hyperbolic $3$-manifold $M$. For any $x\in M$ and plane $\pi$ in $T_xM$ we consider $P$ the geodesic plane exp$(\pi)$ originating from $\pi$. For any $p\in \pi$ we consider ...
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The points of half area of a triangle
Let $S$ be a simply connected Riemannan surface . Suppose $\Delta ABC$ is a triangle on $S$. The Area of a triangle is denoted by $\mathcal{A}$. A point $P$ in the interior of $\Delta ABC$ is ...
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Representation varieties of 3-manifold groups in SL(n,C)
I am looking at the variety of representations of the fundamental group of a hyperbolic 3-manifold into $SL(n,C)$:
$$Hom(\pi_1M, SL(n,{\mathbb C}))$$
It is known that volume and Chern-Simons ...
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Visibility spaces and Gromov hyperbolicity
I would like to ask the community for a reference on the following subject: is there some thing as an equivalence between the definitions of Uniform Visibility manifolds and Gromov $\delta$-hyperbolic ...
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Coarse geometry of minimal surfaces in non-positively curved manifolds
Let $X$ be a simply-connected Riemannian manifold of non-positive curvature and $S\subset X$ be a complete minimal surface.
(You can basically image $X$ as a ball and $S$ as an embedded disk whose ...
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$\mathbb{CP}^1$-structures and hyperbolic Gauss maps
Let $\Sigma$ be a closed surface of genus at least $2$.
Put a quasi-Fuchsian $\mathbb{CP}^1$-structure (i.e. complex projective structure) on $\Sigma$. Thus the universal cover $\tilde{\Sigma}$ is ...
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Structures on open surfaces
Let $\phi\in PSL(2,R)$ be hyperbolic and $\varphi\in PSL(2,R)$ be elliptic.
Is it possible to find a local homeomorphism $f:H^2\rightarrow H^2$ such that
$f(\phi(x))=\varphi(f(x))$ for all $x\in H^2$ ...
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Action of the isometry group of the hyperbolic 5-space
We can think hyperbolic 5-space as, $$\mathcal{H}^5=SO^+_{5,1}(\mathbb{R})/SO_5(\mathbb{R})=SL_2(\mathbb{H})/Sp^*_2(\mathbb{H}),$$$\mathbb{H}$ is real quaternion algebra. By Iwasawa Decomposition the ...
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Characterisation of convergence in Deligne-Mumford compactifiaction
1) Is there a (simple) way to characterise the convergence of complex curves toward a stable curve in term of hyperbolic metrics for the Deligne Mumford compactification of the moduli space of complex ...
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Upper bounds for systoles on punctured surfaces
If the systole is defined as the length of the shortest essential simple closed curve are there any known upper bounds for hyperbolic surfaces with punctures?
