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Complex hyperbolic free groups with many parabolic elements

Geometric Topology 2013-12-16 v1

Abstract

We consider in this work representations of the of the fundamental group of the 3-punctured sphere in PU(2,1){\rm PU}(2,1) such that the boundary loops are mapped to PU(2,1){\rm PU}(2,1). We provide a system of coordinates on the corresponding representation variety, and analyse more specifically those representations corresponding to subgroups of (3,3,)(3,3,\infty)-groups. In particular we prove that it is possible to construct representations of the free group of rank two \laa,b\ra\la a,b\ra in PU(2,1){\rm PU}(2,1) for which aa, bb, abab, ab1ab^{-1}, ab2ab^2, a2ba^2b and [a,b][a,b] all are mapped to parabolics.

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@article{arxiv.1312.3795,
  title  = {Complex hyperbolic free groups with many parabolic elements},
  author = {John R. Parker and Pierre Will},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.3795},
  year   = {2013}
}

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21 pages, 11 figures

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