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The moduli space of the modular group in three-dimensional complex hyperbolic geometry

Geometric Topology 2023-06-28 v1

Abstract

We study the moduli space of discrete, faithful, type-preserving representations of the modular group PSL(2,Z)\mathbf{PSL}(2,\mathbb{Z}) into PU(3,1)\mathbf{PU}(3,1). The entire moduli space M\mathcal{M} is a union of M(0,2π3,4π3)\mathcal{M}(0,\frac{2\pi}{3},\frac{4\pi}{3}), M(2π3,4π3,4π3)\mathcal{M}(\frac{2\pi}{3},\frac{4\pi}{3},\frac{4\pi}{3}) and some isolated points. This is the first Fuchsian group such that its PU(3,1)\mathbf{PU}(3,1)-representations space has been entirely constructed. Both M(0,2π3,4π3)\mathcal{M}(0,\frac{2\pi}{3},\frac{4\pi}{3}) and M(2π3,4π3,4π3)\mathcal{M}(\frac{2\pi}{3},\frac{4\pi}{3},\frac{4\pi}{3}) are parameterized by a square, where two opposite sides of the square correspond to representations of PSL(2,Z)\mathbf{PSL}(2,\mathbb{Z}) into the smaller group PU(2,1)\mathbf{PU}(2,1). In particular, both sub moduli spaces M(0,2π3,4π3)\mathcal{M}(0,\frac{2\pi}{3},\frac{4\pi}{3} ) and M(2π3,4π3,4π3)\mathcal{M}(\frac{2\pi}{3},\frac{4\pi}{3},\frac{4\pi}{3}) interpolate the geometries studied in \cite{FalbelKoseleff:2002} and \cite{Falbelparker:2003}.

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@article{arxiv.2306.15127,
  title  = {The moduli space of the modular group in three-dimensional complex hyperbolic geometry},
  author = {Jiming Ma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.15127},
  year   = {2023}
}
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