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Asymptotically Moebius maps and rigidity for the hyperbolic plane

Geometric Topology 2019-06-26 v1

Abstract

Let SS be a rank-one symmetric space of non-compact type and let XX be a CAT(1)\text{CAT}(-1) space. A well-known result by Bourdon states that if a topological embedding φ:SX\varphi: \partial_\infty S \rightarrow \partial_\infty X respects cross ratios, that means crS(ξ0,η0,ξ1,η1)=crX(φ(ξ0),φ(η0),φ(ξ1),φ(η1))\text{cr}_S( \xi_0,\eta_0,\xi_1,\eta_1)=\text{cr}_X( \varphi(\xi_0),\varphi(\eta_0),\varphi(\xi_1),\varphi(\eta_1)) for every ξ0,η0,ξ1,η1S\xi_0,\eta_0,\xi_1,\eta_1 \in \partial_\infty S, then φ\varphi is induced by an isometric embedding of SS into XX. We generalize this result when S=H2S=\mathbb{H}^2 is the real hyperbolic plane as it follows. Let φk:H2X\varphi_k: \partial_\infty \mathbb{H}^2 \rightarrow \partial_\infty X be a sequence of continuous maps which are asymptotically Moebius, that means limkcrX(φk(ξ0),φk(η0),φk(ξ1),φk(η1))=crH2(ξ0,η0,ξ1,η1)\lim_{k \to \infty} \text{cr}_X(\varphi_k(\xi_0),\varphi_k(\eta_0),\varphi_k(\xi_1),\varphi_k(\eta_1))=\text{cr}_{\mathbb{H}^2}( \xi_0,\eta_0,\xi_1,\eta_1) for every ξ0,η0,ξ1,η1H2\xi_0,\eta_0,\xi_1,\eta_1 \in \partial_\infty \mathbb{H}^2. Assume that the isometry group Isom(X)\text{Isom}(X) acts transitively on triples of distinct points of X\partial_\infty X. Then there must exists a sequence (gk)kN(g_k)_{k \in \mathbb{N}}, gkIsom(X)g_k \in \text{Isom}(X) and a map φ:H2X\varphi_\infty: \partial_\infty \mathbb{H}^2\rightarrow \partial_\infty X such that limkgkφk(ξ)=φ(ξ)\lim_{k \to \infty} g_k\varphi_k(\xi)=\varphi_\infty(\xi) for every ξH2\xi \in \partial_\infty \mathbb{H}^2 and φ\varphi_\infty is induced by an isometric embedding of H2\mathbb{H}^2 into XX.

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@article{arxiv.1906.10563,
  title  = {Asymptotically Moebius maps and rigidity for the hyperbolic plane},
  author = {Alessio Savini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.10563},
  year   = {2019}
}

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10 pages

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