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Local rigidity of hyperbolic manifolds with geodesic boundary

Geometric Topology 2014-02-26 v1 Differential Geometry

Abstract

Let W be a compact hyperbolic n-manifold with totally geodesic boundary. We prove that if n>3 then the holonomy representation of pi_1 (W) into the isometry group of hyperbolic n-space is infinitesimally rigid.

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@article{arxiv.0906.2472,
  title  = {Local rigidity of hyperbolic manifolds with geodesic boundary},
  author = {Steven P. Kerckhoff and Peter A. Storm},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.2472},
  year   = {2014}
}

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