Convergence of quasifuchsian hyperbolic 3-manifolds
Presenter
April 13, 2015
Keywords:
- hyperbolic manifold
- hyperbolic group
- asymptotic geometry
- Bers' theorem
MSC:
- 20Hxx
- 20-xx
- 20H10
- 30F35
- 30Fxx
- 37-xx
- 37Fxx
- 37F30
Abstract
Thurston's Double Limit Theorem provided a criterion ensuring convergence, up to subsequence, of a sequence of quasifuchsian representations. This criterion was the key step in his proof that 3-manifolds which fiber over the circle are geometrizable. In this talk, we describe a complete characterization of when a sequence of quasifuchsian representations has a convergent subsequence. Moreover, we will see that the asymptotic behavior of the conformal structures determines the ending laminations and parabolic loci of the algebraic limit and how the algebraic limit ``wraps'' inside the geometric limit. (The results described are joint work with Jeff Brock, Ken Bromberg, Cyril Lecuire and Yair Minsky.)