Proves restrictions on projective Anosov representations of hyperbolic groups.
problem Restrictions on projective Anosov representations of hyperbolic groups.
method Word hyperbolic groups and Gromov boundary analysis.
result Word hyperbolic groups with certain properties cannot admit projective Anosov representations.
In this paper we show that many projective Anosov representations act convex cocompactly on some properly convex domain in real projective space. In particular, if a non-elementary word hyperbolic group is not commensurable to a non-trivial free product or the fundamental group of a closed hyperbolic surface, then any …
Cube complexes allow hyperbolic groups to have Anosov representations.
problem Understanding representations of hyperbolic groups in higher dimensions.
method Analyzing representations of hyperbolic groups acting on CAT(0) cube complexes.
result Generic representations of certain groups are Anosov.
In this paper we establish necessary and sufficient conditions for the limit set of a projective Anosov representation to be a differentiable submanifold of projective space with Holder continuous derivatives. We also calculate the optimal value of the Holder constant in terms of the eigenvalue data of the Anosov repre…
We characterize groups admitting Anosov representations into SL(3,R), projective Anosov representations into SL(4,R), and Borel Anosov representations into SL(4,R). More generally, we obtain bounds on the cohomological dimension of groups admitting Pk-Anosov r…
The paper describes correlations of spectra for higher rank Anosov representations.
problem Understanding correlations of spectra for Anosov representations of higher rank groups.
method Relates correlation problem to counting projections in truncated hypertubes.
result Extends previous work on rank one representations to higher rank.
Characterizes Anosov representations and strongly convex cocompact groups with eigenvalue gaps.
problem Understanding Anosov representations and their properties.
method Characterizations via equivariant limit maps, Cartan property, and uniform gap summation.
result Characterizations of Anosov representations and strongly convex cocompact subgroups.
New separation concepts for Anosov representations help bound Thurston asymmetric metric.
problem Understanding diverging families of Anosov representations.
method Introducing separation concepts and analyzing combinatorial invariants.
result Critical exponent asymptotic to a graph invariant.
We study the limit set of discrete subgroups arising from Anosov representations. Specially we study the limit set of discrete groups arising from strictly convex real projective structures and Anosov representations from a finitely generated word hyperbolic group into a semisimple Lie group.
We establish several characterizations of Anosov representations of word hyperbolic groups into real reductive Lie groups, in terms of a Cartan projection or Lyapunov projection of the Lie group. Using a properness criterion of Benoist and Kobayashi, we derive applications to proper actions on homogeneous spaces of red…
Defines new representations for hyperbolic groups, unifying existing definitions.
problem Geometrically finite behavior in higher rank groups.
method Introduces a new family of discrete representations for relatively hyperbolic groups.
result Stability of these representations under certain deformations.
We study the relation between critical exponents and Hausdorff dimensions of limit sets for projective Anosov representations. We prove that the Hausdorff dimension of the symmetric limit set in P(Rn)×P(Rn∗) is bounded between two critical exponents associated respe…
In 1990, Hitchin's proved a component of the space of representations of a surface group in SL(n,R) is homeomorphic to a ball. For n=2,3 this component has been identified with the holonomies of geometric structures (hyperbolic for n=2, or real projective for n=3). In the preprint "Anosov flows, Surface groups and Curv…
Let Γ be a one-ended, torsion-free hyperbolic group and let G be a semisimple Lie group with finite center. Using the canonical JSJ splitting due to Sela, we define amalgam Anosov representations of Γ into G and prove that they form a domain of discontinuity for the action of Out(Γ). In the appendix,…
Study fibrations of projective spaces for maximal representations.
problem Characterize maximal representations of surface groups.
method Analyze fibrations of projective spaces and use geometric structures.
result Maximal representations correspond to fibrations with specific properties.
New algorithm verifies Anosov condition for surface groups efficiently.
problem Verifying Anosov condition for surface groups in higher dimensions.
method Finite criteria to certify projective Anosov subgroups, practical algorithm.
result Practical algorithm reduces verification from 2 million to 8-length words.
In the paper "Pappus's theorem and the modular group", R. Schwartz constructed a 2-dimensional family of faithful representations ρΘ of the modular group PSL(2,Z) into the group G of projective symmetries of the projective plane via Pappus Theorem. The image of the unique index 2 subg…
Using the thermodynamics formalism, we introduce a notion of intersection for projective Anosov representations, show analyticity results for the intersection and the entropy, and rigidity results for the intersection. We use the renormalized intersection to produce a Out(Γ)-invariant Riemannian metric on the smooth …
Let Γ be a surface group of higher genus. Let ρ_0:Γ→PGL(V) be a discrete faithful representation with image contained in the natural embedding of SL(2,R) in PGL(3,R) as a group preserving a point and a disjoint projective line in the projective plane. We prove that such a repres…
Anosov representations of word hyperbolic groups into higher-rank semisimple Lie groups are representations with finite kernel and discrete image that have strong analogies with convex cocompact representations into rank-one Lie groups. However, the most naive analogy fails: generically, Anosov representations do not a…
Characterizes holonomies of convex projective cusps.
problem Understanding holonomies in strictly convex projective geometry.
method Complete characterization of holonomies for strictly convex and round cusps, building families of generalized cusps.
result Produces the first example of generalized cusps with non-virtually nilpotent fundamental group.
Study on Hausdorff dimension of Anosov subgroup limit sets under specific affine complexity.
problem Investigating the Hausdorff dimension of Anosov subgroup limit sets with self-affine complexity.
method Analyzing the Hausdorff dimension of projective limit sets Λ1(Γ) of Anosov subgroups Γ under specific assumptions about their affine complexity. result The Hausdorff dimension of Λ1(Γ) is determined by the critical exponent of the first simple root under partial quasi-self-similarity. Entropy rigidity theorem for cusped Hitchin representations.
problem Entropy rigidity for Hitchin representations of cusped groups.
method Introduction of (1,1,2)-hypertransverse groups and transverse representations.
result Hausdorff dimension of conical limit set agrees with simple root entropy.
Proves EGF representations in specific geometric contexts.
problem Understanding representations of groups with hyperbolic properties.
method Analyzes projectively convex cocompact manifolds and convex projective manifolds with generalized cusps.
result Holonomy representations of specific geometric manifolds are EGF representations.
The paper proves a Basmajian identity for non-Archimedean local fields.
problem Proving Basmajian's identity over non-Archimedean local fields.
method Projective Anosov representations and Berkovich hyperbolic geometry.
result A signed finite sum series identity for Basmajian's identity.
Generalizes surgery techniques for projectively Anosov flows.
problem Creating new projectively Anosov flows from existing ones.
method Introducing a generalized Goodman surgery technique for projectively Anosov flows.
result Generates new examples of projectively Anosov flows on hyperbolic 3-manifolds.
Study Anosov representations of reducible suspensions of hyperbolic groups.
problem Characterize dynamical properties of reducible suspensions of Anosov representations.
method Analyzing linear representations of non-elementary hyperbolic groups, focusing on weak unipotent actions on subspaces.
result Characterize when reducible suspensions are discrete and faithful, quasi-isometrically embedded, and Anosov.
Develops theory of Anosov representations for Fuchsian groups, showing stability and analytical properties.
problem Understanding geometrically finite Fuchsian groups and their representations.
method Theory of Anosov representations, type-preserving deformations, limit maps, relative Anosov and dominated representations.
result Cusped Hitchin representations are Borel Anosov, stable under deformations, and limit maps vary analytically.
Bi-contact surgery operations can be applied to Anosov flows.
problem Characterizing Anosov flows and their properties.
method Metric and contact geometric characterizations, Liouville geometry, Reeb dynamics.
result Bi-contact surgery operations can be applied to Anosov flows.
Develops theory of relatively Anosov representations using flow examples.
problem Understanding relatively Anosov representations.
method Uses a contracting flow on a bundle to define Anosov representations and builds examples.
result Builds families of examples of relatively Anosov representations.
Survey on affine Anosov representations and their implications.
problem Generalizing Anosov representations to affine settings.
method Discussion and survey of existing work.
result Implications of affine Anosov representations.
Characterizes Coxeter groups with convex cocompact representations in projective space.
problem Understanding representations of Coxeter groups as convex cocompact reflection groups.
method Investigates representations of Coxeter groups into GL(n,R) as geometric reflection groups in projective space.
result Characterizes Coxeter groups that admit convex cocompact representations and describes the spaces of such representations.
New representations for surface groups expand known Anosov classes.
problem Understanding new types of representations for surface groups.
method Introducing and studying simple Anosov representations of closed hyperbolic surface groups.
result Simple Anosov representations strictly contain Anosov representations.
New findings on cusped Borel Anosov representations and their properties.
problem Characterizing and understanding cusped Borel Anosov representations.
method Analyzing representations of lattices in PGL2(R) to PGLd(R). result Cusped Borel Anosov representations with specific properties are Hitchin representations.
Characterizes Anosov reducible representations in terms of eigenvalues.
problem Understanding Anosov representations in reducible settings.
method Characterizes Anosov representations using eigenvalue magnitudes of irreducible block factors.
result Connected components of character varieties do not contain reducible representations for many non-elementary hyperbolic groups.
New 3D shapes found without certain special flows.
problem Finding 3D shapes without specific special flows.
method Rational surgeries on the figure eight knot.
result First infinite family of hyperbolic 3-manifolds without tight projectively Anosov flows.
New domains of discontinuity found for Anosov representations.
problem Understanding Anosov representations acting on homogeneous spaces.
method Constructing open domains of discontinuity for Anosov representations acting on specific homogeneous spaces.
result Describes the largest possible open domains of discontinuity for Zariski dense Anosov representations.
Theory of relatively Anosov representations using flow methods.
problem Developing a theory for relatively Anosov representations.
method Using the contracting flow on a bundle to define and study relatively Anosov representations.
result Definition and study of uniformly relatively Anosov representations and a stability result.
The study connects Hilbert entropy to non-differentiability points of limit sets in flag spaces.
problem Understanding non-differentiability points in limit sets of convex projective structures.
method Introduces hyperplane conicality for θ-Anosov representations and uses it to prove properties of boundary maps. result Hilbert entropy is linked to the Hausdorff dimension of non-differentiability points in flag spaces.
Maximal and Borel Anosov representations in Sp(4,R) are proven to be Hitchin.
problem Characterizing representations of surface groups into Sp(4,R) that are Borel Anosov and maximal. method Proving representations are Hitchin if they have maximal Toledo invariant and are Borel Anosov.
result Maximal and Borel Anosov representations in Sp(4,R) are Hitchin. We give the complete classification of regular projectively Anosov flows on closed three-dimensional manifolds. More precisely, we show that such a flow must be either an Anosov flow or decomposed into a finite union of T2×I-models. We also apply our method to rigidity problems of some group actions.
We give complete classification of C^2-regular and non-degenerate projectively Anosov flows on three dimensional manifolds. More precisely, we prove that such a flow on a connected manifold must be either an Anosov flow or represented as a finite union of T2×[0,1]-models.
Identifies Anosov representations of hyperbolic triangle groups in SL(3,R).
problem Classifying Anosov representations of hyperbolic triangle groups into SL(3,R).
method Proving representations are Anosov if they lie in the Hitchin component or the Barbot component, with specific conditions for eigenvalues.
result Anosov representations in SL(3,R) have non-convex boundary maps.
New representations defined for groups and graphs, with applications to stable representations.
problem Defining and constructing new types of representations for groups and graphs.
method Introducing (R,Λ)-directed Anosov representations and using Fock-Goncharov positivity to construct them. result Constructs large families of primitive stable representations from F2 to PGL(V), including non-discrete and non-faithful examples. Let S be a Riemann surface of type (p,n) with 3p+n>4 and n≥1. Let α1,α2⊂S be two simple closed geodesics such that {α1,α2} fills S. It was shown by Thurston that most maps obtained through Dehn twists along α1 and α2 are pseudo-Anosov. Let a be a puncture. In this paper, we study…
New representation theory for closed geodesic subflows.
problem Classifying representations with good geometric properties.
method Restricting to invariant closed geodesic subflows.
result Equivalent characterizations and properties of new representations.
The paper introduces cataclysm deformations for Anosov representations.
problem Deforming Anosov representations in Lie groups.
method Constructing cataclysm deformations for θ-Anosov representations into semisimple Lie groups. result Cataclysm deformations are injective for Hitchin representations but not for all θ-Anosov representations. The paper constructs Anosov representations for specific types of groups.
problem Constructing Anosov representations for certain groups.
method Analyzing uniform lattices and their extensions, proving existence of Anosov embeddings.
result Examples of one-ended hyperbolic groups admit Anosov embeddings into higher-rank Lie groups.