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The relationship between convex hulls
Consider a (f.g., classical) Schottky group acting on $\mathbb H^3$; consider a convex hull of the limit set $C(\Lambda)$ and a convex hull of a closure of an orbit of a point on $\mathbb CP^1,$ $C(\...
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A Question about an article by Birman, Series
Birman and Series in their article GEODESICS WITH BOUNDED INTERSECTION NUMBER ON
SURFACES ARE SPARSELY DISTRIBUTED proved that the set of points on a hyperbolic surface (possibly with boundary) ...
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Can distinct meridians commute in a knot group?
Suppose I have a knot $K$ in $S^3$. Given a diagram $D$ of $K$ I get the Wirtinger presentation $\langle x_1, \dots, x_a \mid r_1, \dots, r_c\rangle$ of its knot group $\pi(K) = \pi_1(S^3 \setminus K)$...
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Examples of elementary group of isometries of the ideal boundary of hyperbolic plane
A Riemannian manifold $(X,g)$ is called Hadamard manifold if it is complete and simply connected and has everywhere non-positive sectional curvature. An example of such a manifold would be the ...
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Double quotient integral formula on $\Gamma \backslash G /K$
Let $G=\text{SL}(n,\mathbb R)$, $\Gamma=\text{SL}(n,\mathbb Z)$ and $K=\text{SO}(n,\mathbb R)$. Consider the double coset space $X= \Gamma \backslash G /K$ and its fundamental domain $\mathcal F\...
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Maximal orders and surface subgroups of even genus
Let $A$ be a quaternion algebra over a totally real number field $k$. Suppose that $A$ splits at exactly one real place of $A$. Let $\mathcal{O}$ be a maximal order in $A$. Then $\mathcal{O}$ contains ...
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Mohr circle curvatures in constant negative Gauss curvature K Chebyshev net
In order to verify vanishing normal curvature $\kappa_n$ everywhere for asymptotic lines as hyperbolic geodesic representation of a Chebyshev net I have used relations represented in the Mohr circle:
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Representation determined by traces
A discrete, faithful representation of a surface group $G:\pi_1(S_g) \to PSL_2(\mathbb{R})$ is determined, up to conjugacy by $PGL_2(\mathbb R)$, among such representations by the squares of traces of ...
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Further directions in representations of surface group into a Lie group
$\DeclareMathOperator\SL{SL}\DeclareMathOperator\PSL{PSL}$I studied the interpretation of Teichmuller space as a representation space for surface groups in $\PSL(2,\mathbb{R})$.
Now I am planning to ...
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Regarding fundamental domain of 2 genus surface
Let $\mathbb{H}^2$ be the hyperbolic plane with $(2,3,7)$ tiling. Let $\Gamma$ be a subgroup of $(2,3,7)$ triangle group such that $\mathbb{H}^2/\Gamma$ is the compact orientable surface of genus 2 ...
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Can every non-hemi uniform polytope tile hyperbolic space?
Can every uniform polytope which is not a hemipolytope tile hyperbolic space on its own?
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Name of a foliation on an open subset of $\mathrm{PSL}(2,\mathbb R)$
To a representative $\left(\begin{array}{cc} a&b\\c&d\end{array}\right)$ of an element in $\mathrm{PSL}(2,\mathbb R)$ we associate
the point $\tau=\frac{b+id}{a+ic}$ of the Poincaré upper half-...
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Number of small eigenvalues for flat unitary bundles
It is known that the number of small eigenvalues (eigenvalues less than $1/4$) of the Laplacian on hyperbolic surfaces may be topologically bounded from above. If $X$ is a finite area hyperbolic ...
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Structure of hyperbolic manifolds of finite volume
Let $X$ be a hyperbolic manifold of finite volume.
I want to prove that $X$ has ends of the form $N\times \mathbb{R}$ where $N$ has a finite covering by a nilmanifold and $\pi_1N\to \pi_1 X$ is ...
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Relation between symmetries of hyperbolic knot and the symmetries of a generic triangulation
For canonical ideal triangulation of a hyperbolic knot, the symmetries of the knot are the same as the symmetries of that triangulation. This is how SnapPy computes the knot symmetry group.
Is there ...
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Possible values of hyperbolic quadratic forms
$\newcommand\Z{\mathbf{Z}}$Given an integral quadratic form $q$ of signature $(n-1,1)$ and a value $\lambda \in \Z$ is there an algorithm that can determine whether there exist $x\in \Z^n$ such that $...
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Reference request: Discrete subgroup of $\mathrm{PO}(n,1)$ preserving proper subspace has infinite covolume
I'm looking for a reference for the following claim:
$\newcommand{\PP}{\mathrm{PO}(n,1)}$
Let $\PP$ denote the group of isometries of $V = \mathbb{R}^{n,1}$ preserving the upper sheet of the ...
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Showing an action of a higher rank lattice on hyperbolic space has a fixed point
In the introduction to this paper, the author mentions that any action of a lattice $\Gamma < G$ on a rank one symmetric space $X$ has a fixed point, where $G$ is a higher rank semisimple algebraic ...
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Geometrical meaning of a question from Marden
Let $T \in SL(2,\mathbb{C})$ be a normalised Möbius transformation. Then, $$|T(z) - T(w)| =|z-w||T'(z)^{\frac{1}{2}}||T'(w)^{\frac{1}{2}}|$$.
The above is an exercise from Outer Circles by Marden (ex. ...
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Maximum entropy distribution in the hyperbolic plane with given "mean" and "variance"
On the Euclidean sphere, by defining suitable analogs of the mean and variance in terms of the first circular moment, it can be shown that the von Mises distribution is the maximum entropy ...
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Bounds on convergence of two orbits in the limit set of a Schottky group
Suppose we have two points in the limit set of a Schottky group, $x,y\in \Lambda(\Gamma)$. Consider the orbits of those points under a primitive subset $\Gamma'$ of $\Gamma,$ that is, one that does ...
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finite subgroups of discrete arithmetic groups
Let K be a totally real multi-quadratic fields and let $\mathcal{O}$ be its ring of integers. I would like to compute the orders of the finite subgroups of the discrete group $\mathrm{SL}_{2}(\mathcal{...
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Intersecting surface on pseudosphere
It is known what surface cuts a sphere resulting in intersections along great circle elliptic geodesics... this is any plane through its center.
What parametric surface cuts a pseudosphere resulting ...
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Simplicial density function simultaneously defined for hyperbolic and spherical space (Kellerhals, 1998)
I am confused about the proof of Corollary 4.2 in "Ball Packings in Spaces of Constant Curvature and the Simplicial Density Function". The point of confusion is equation 4.3, where Kellerhals states ...
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Cylindrical coordinates in quotient of symmetric space
I am interested in the following situation. Suppose $G/K$ is a symmetric space of non-compact type and $\alpha$ is the axis of a hyperbolic isometry. I am interested in computing the Hessian of the ...
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How to compute expansion factors for hyperbolic rational maps?
It is a commonly-referenced result about certain rational maps acting on $\mathbb{\hat{C}}$ that they are expanding on a neighborhood of their Julia sets. A sufficient condition to be expanding is ...
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Decorated Teichmuller space of a punctured disk and moduli space of the annuls
The decorated Teichmuller space of a disk with n punctures on the boundary and one in the interior is the the space of hyperbolic metrics on such a surface with an extra marking of an horocycle at ...
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Gauss Bonnet theorem calculation for pseudosphere
In an attempt to verify Gauss-Bonnet theorem for a Beltrami pseudosphere I calculated a simple case of the Riemann sphere. Am taking curved radius $a$ for geodesic polar co-ordinate from the smooth ...
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Explanation of an unexplored note of Gauss on hyperbolic volume
My question refers to Gauss's note "Cubirung Der Tetraeder", which can found at p. 228 in the section on the foundations of geometry in volume 8 of his collected works. In this note, Gauss wrote down ...
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A boundary for integrals of eigenfunctions over geodesics?
Let $X$ be a compact hyperbolic surface, and $\gamma$ a closed geodesic on it.
Consider the integral
$$\int_\gamma f(x)\, dl(x)$$
where $f$ is a (normalized) Laplace eigenfunction on $X$. ...
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Hausdorff dimension of radial limit sets for divergence type subgroups
Let $X$ be a proper $CAT(-1)$ space.
Let $\Gamma<Isom(X)$ be a subgroup of divergence type.
Is it true that the Hausdorff dimension of the radial limit set of $\Gamma$ in $\partial X$ is equal to ...
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Algebraic approach to prove the mixing property of Lorenz flow on hyperbolic surface
We knew that the noncompact subgroups of SL(2,$\mathbb{R}$) are mixing by Howe-Moore ergodicity theorem. I am curious about Lorenz flow, if we have a algebraic approach to prove the mixing property of ...
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Geometric and holomorphic structure of $\mathbb{C} \rtimes \mathbb{C} \setminus \{ 0 \}$
Put $G= \mathbb{C} \rtimes_{\phi} \mathbb{C} \setminus \{0\}$ where $\phi_{a} (z)= az$ for $a \in \mathbb{C} \setminus \{0\}$.
$G$ is a real $4$ dimensional Lie group; then it has a unique left ...
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Teichmuller Space of a Disk with Holes and Boundary Punctures
If we consider a disk $D$ with $h$ holes and $n$ punctures on the boundary of the disk, then:
Is there a uniformization theorem for such surfaces?
What is the condition on $h$ and $n$ such that we ...
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Diameter of trivalent graph
Let $X=(V, E)$ be an undirected connected trivalent graph and $d_X$ denote the path metric on $X$, i.e., the distance $d_X(u, v)$ between two nodes $u, v$ in the graph is the length of a shortest path ...
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automorphic forms associated with symmetries of vertices of uniform honeycombs in hyperbolic space
Is there a catalogue of automorphic forms (modular/Maass/Siegel/Hilbert...) which lists them in terms of Poincaré series associated with the symmetries of the vertices of uniform honeycombs in ...
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Extending continuous functions from $\partial X$ to $X\cup \partial X$
Consider a proper geodesic hyperbolic space $X$ (in the sense of Gromov). Let $\partial X$ be its Gromov boundary. Consider a complex-valued continuous function on the boundary $f\colon\partial X\to\...
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Uniform convergence of long geodesic to Liouville measure
Here is the set up : let $(S,g)$ an hyperbolic surface and $L_g$ the associated volume measure. By the shadowing lemma there exist sequences of long closed geodesics, $\gamma_n$ which approximate the ...
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Complex structure and antipode map on the space of measured geodesic laminations
Fix a closed hyperbolic surface $S$, which represents a point in the Teichmüller space $\mathcal{T}$ of the underlying topological surface.
Thurston's earthquake theorem implies an identification ...
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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 $H \leq G$...
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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 x,y,z\...
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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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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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Is the tangent bundle of hyperbolic space trivial?
Let $H$ be hyperbolic n-space. Let $TH$ be the tangent bundle of $H$, endowed with its Sasaki metric. I have two questions:
Is $TH$ isometric to $H$ times a flat n-space?
What is the group of ...
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Discrete Isoperimetric Problem in the Hyperbolic Plane
Let $S_{g}$ be the closed orientable genus $g$ surface. I'm interested in studying a certain class $\Gamma$ of graphs on $S_{g}$ which fill (the complementary regions are simply connected), and which ...
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Local curvature in a Cayley complex
I'm curious about non-shperical regions in the Cayley complex of a hyperbolic group $G = < X : R \>$ that one might reasonably consider "curved", but I haven't found much discussion of local ...
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Describing the hyperbolic structure of punctured torus in terms of the period lattice
Let $T$ be a torus, $T^* = T - \{p\}$ be the complement of a point $p$. Let's fix a pair of generators $x,y\in\pi_1(T^*)$. Their images in $\pi_1(T)$ also generate, and will also be denoted by $x,y$.
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Gradient estimate of the eigenfunction of Laplacian on hyperbolic space
I am trying to understand the asymptotic behaviors of the gradient of the eigenfunction function of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on the hyperbolic plane $\mathbb{H}^2$. Specifically, my focus lies on ...
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Closed form ODE solutions for Jacobi field/eigenfunction of Laplacian on hyperbolic space
I'm trying to compute Jacobi fields of the hyperbolic disk $\mathbb{H}^m$ considered as a minimal hypersurface in $\mathbb{H}^{m+1}$ in the half model. References to literature or solutions to the ...
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Understanding logarithmic law for geodesics
I was reading this seminal paper
https://projecteuclid.org/journals/acta-mathematica/volume-149/issue-none/Disjoint-spheres-approximation-by-imaginary-quadratic-numbers-and-the-logarithm/10.1007/...
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