Approximating hyperbolic lattices by cubulations
Abstract
We show that an isometric action of a torsion-free uniform lattice on hyperbolic space can be metrically approximated by geometric actions of on cube complexes, provided that either is at most three, or the lattice is arithmetic of simplest type. This solves a conjecture of Futer and Wise. Our main tool is the study of a space of co-geodesic currents, consisting of invariant Radon measures supported on codimension-1 hyperspheres in the Gromov boundary of . By pairing co-geodesic currents and geodesic currents via an intersection number, we show that asymptotic convergence of geometric actions can be deduced from the convergence of their dual co-geodesic currents. For surface groups, our methods also imply approximation by cubulations for actions induced by non-positively curved Riemannian surfaces with singularities, Hitchin and maximal representations, and quasiFuchsian representations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2404.01511,
title = {Approximating hyperbolic lattices by cubulations},
author = {Nic Brody and Eduardo Reyes},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.01511},
year = {2024}
}
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46 pages, 1 figure