Tame and relatively elliptic $\mathbb{CP}^1$-structures on the thrice-punctured sphere
Abstract
Suppose a relatively elliptic representation of the fundamental group of the thrice-punctured sphere is given. We prove that all projective structures on with holonomy and satisfying a tameness condition at the punctures can be obtained by grafting certain circular triangles. The specific collection of triangles is determined by a natural framing of . In the process, we show that (on a general surface of negative Euler characteristics) structures satisfying these conditions can be characterized in terms of their M\"obius completion, and in terms of certain meromorphic quadratic differentials.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2107.06370,
title = {Tame and relatively elliptic $\mathbb{CP}^1$-structures on the thrice-punctured sphere},
author = {Samuel A. Ballas and Philip L. Bowers and Alex Casella and Lorenzo Ruffoni},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.06370},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
58 pages, 19 figures, comments welcome. v2: added remarks 3.3.8 and 3.3.9; updated references; fixed minor typos and imprecisions. Final version to appear on Algebraic & Geometric Topology