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The degeneration of convex RP^2 structures on surfaces

Geometric Topology 2017-05-17 v2

Abstract

Let M be a compact surface of negative Euler characteristic and let C(M) be the deformation space of convex real projective structures on M. For every choice of pants decomposition for M, there is a well known parameterization of C(M) known as the Goldman parameterization. In this paper, we study how some geometric properties of the real projective structure on M degenerates as we deform it so that the internal parameters of the Goldman parameterization leave every compact set while the boundary invariants remain bounded away from zero and infinity.

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@article{arxiv.1312.2452,
  title  = {The degeneration of convex RP^2 structures on surfaces},
  author = {Tengren Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.2452},
  year   = {2017}
}

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47 pages, 17 figures, Accepted for publication at PLMS