Harmonic maps and framed $\mathrm{PSL}_2(\mathbb{C})$-representations
Differential Geometry
2025-08-15 v1 Geometric Topology
Abstract
We show that given an element of the enhanced Teichm\"{u}ller space and a type-preserving framed -representation , there is a -equivariant harmonic map that is asymptotic to the framing . Here, the domain is the universal cover of the punctured Riemann surface obtained from a conformal completion of . Moreover, such a harmonic map is unique if one prescribes, in addition, the principal part of the Hopf differential at each puncture. The proof uses the harmonic map heat flow.
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@article{arxiv.2508.10335,
title = {Harmonic maps and framed $\mathrm{PSL}_2(\mathbb{C})$-representations},
author = {Subhojoy Gupta and Gobinda Sau},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.10335},
year = {2025}
}
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27 pages, 3 figures