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Piecewise circular curves and positivity

Differential Geometry 2021-08-20 v1

Abstract

We introduce the moduli space of generic piecewise circular nn-gons in the Riemann sphere and relate it to a moduli space of Legendrian polygons. We prove that when n=2kn=2k, this moduli space contains a connected component homeomorphic to the Fock-Goncharov space of kk-tuples of positive flags for PSp(4,R)\mathsf{PSp}(4,\mathbb{R}) and hence is a topological ball. We characterize this component geometrically as the space of simple piecewise circular curves with decreasing curvature.

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@article{arxiv.2108.08680,
  title  = {Piecewise circular curves and positivity},
  author = {Jean-Philippe Burelle and Ryan Kirk},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.08680},
  year   = {2021}
}

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28 pages, 8 figures

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