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Limits of asymptotically Fuchsian surfaces in a closed hyperbolic 3-manifold

Geometric Topology 2026-01-21 v2 Differential Geometry Dynamical Systems

Abstract

Let MM be a closed hyperbolic 3-manifold. Let νGr(M)\nu_{Gr(M)} denote the probability volume (Haar) measure of the 2-plane Grassmann bundle Gr(M)Gr(M) of MM and let νT\nu_T denote the area measure on Gr(M)Gr(M) of an immersed closed totally geodesic surface TMT\subset M. We say a sequence of π1\pi_1-injective maps fi:SiMf_i:S_i\to M of surfaces SiS_i is asymptotically Fuchsian if fif_i is KiK_i-quasifuchsian with Ki1K_i\to 1 as ii\to \infty. We show that the set of weak-* limits of the probability area measures induced on Gr(M)Gr(M) by asymptotically Fuchsian minimal or pleated maps fi:SiMf_i:S_i\to M of closed connected surfaces SiS_i consists of all convex combinations of νGr(M)\nu_{Gr(M)} and the νT\nu_T.

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@article{arxiv.2309.02164,
  title  = {Limits of asymptotically Fuchsian surfaces in a closed hyperbolic 3-manifold},
  author = {Fernando Al Assal},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.02164},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

51 pages, 19 figures. Second version has many small corrections and improvements. Accepted to Geometry and Topology