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Hyperbolic manifolds with polyhedral boundary

Geometric Topology 2007-05-23 v5 Differential Geometry

Abstract

Let (M,M)(M, \partial M) be a compact 3-manifold with boundary which admits a complete, convex co-compact hyperbolic metric. For each hyperbolic metric gg on MM such that \drM\dr M is smooth and strictly convex, the induced metric on \drM\dr M has curvature K>1K>-1, and each such metric on \drM\dr M is obtained for a unique choice of gg. A dual statement is that, for each gg as above, the third fundamental form of \drM\dr M has curvature K<1K<1, and its closed geodesics which are contractible in MM have length L>2πL>2\pi. Conversely, any such metric on \drM\dr M is obtained for a unique choice of gg. We are interested here in the similar situation where M\partial M is not smooth, but rather looks locally like an ideal polyhedron in H3H^3. We can give a fairly complete answer to the question on the third fundamental form -- which in this case concerns the dihedral angles -- and some partial results about the induced metric. This has some by-products, like an affine piecewise flat structure on the Teichmueller space of a surface with some marked points, or an extension of the Koebe circle packing theorem to many 3-manifolds with boundary.

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@article{arxiv.math/0111136,
  title  = {Hyperbolic manifolds with polyhedral boundary},
  author = {Jean-Marc Schlenker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0111136},
  year   = {2007}
}

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Updated version on http://picard.ups-tlse.fr/~schlenker/texts/papers.html New version: several typos corrected, a few remarks added