Abstract
We show that, in the character variety of surface group representations into the Lie group PSL(2,ℝ) × PSL(2,ℝ), the compactification of the maximal component introduced by the second author is a closed ball upon which the mapping class group acts. We study the dynamics of this action. Finally, we describe the boundary points geometrically as (Formula presented)–valued mixed structures.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3693-3717 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Journal | Algebraic and Geometric Topology |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2024 |
Keywords
- Harmonic maps
- Hyperbolic surfaces
- Quadratic differentials
- Teichmüller theory
- ℝ–trees