The space of metrics
- n Gromov hyperbolic groups
Alex Furman
University of Illinois at Chicago
Northwestern University, 2010-10-31
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The space of metrics on Gromov hyperbolic groups Alex Furman University of Illinois at Chicago Northwestern University, 2010-10-31 1/13 Negatively Curved Manifolds: Geometry Setting ( M , g ) where M - closed manifold, g - Riemannian metric
University of Illinois at Chicago
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◮ Free homotopy classes [S1; M] = {S1 → M}/ ∼.
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◮ Free homotopy classes [S1; M] = {S1 → M}/ ∼. ◮ ∀c0 = c ∈ [S1; M],
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◮ Free homotopy classes [S1; M] = {S1 → M}/ ∼. ◮ ∀c0 = c ∈ [S1; M],
◮ Marked Length Spectrum: c → ℓg(c) = Lengthg(geoc).
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◮ Free homotopy classes [S1; M] = {S1 → M}/ ∼. ◮ ∀c0 = c ∈ [S1; M],
◮ Marked Length Spectrum: c → ℓg(c) = Lengthg(geoc).
◮ Conjecture (Burns-Katok ’85): ℓg determines g, up to Diff(M)0
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◮ Free homotopy classes [S1; M] = {S1 → M}/ ∼. ◮ ∀c0 = c ∈ [S1; M],
◮ Marked Length Spectrum: c → ℓg(c) = Lengthg(geoc).
◮ Conjecture (Burns-Katok ’85): ℓg determines g, up to Diff(M)0 ◮ Deformation rigidity (Guillemin-Kazhdan ’80) ◮ Surfaces (Otal ’90, Croke ’90) ◮ (M, g) loc. symmetric (Hamenst¨
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◮ Topological entropy htop of φt on SM
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◮ Topological entropy htop of φt on SM ◮ Stable/Unstable foliations
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◮ Topological entropy htop of φt on SM ◮ Stable/Unstable foliations ◮ Bowen-Margulis measure µBM on SM
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◮ Topological entropy htop of φt on SM ◮ Stable/Unstable foliations ◮ Bowen-Margulis measure µBM on SM which
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◮ Topological entropy htop of φt on SM ◮ Stable/Unstable foliations ◮ Bowen-Margulis measure µBM on SM which
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T→∞
{c|ℓ(c)<T}
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◮ Topological entropy htop of φt on SM ◮ Stable/Unstable foliations ◮ Bowen-Margulis measure µBM on SM which
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∗µ(s) BM = e−ht · dµ(s) BM,
∗µ(u) BM = e+ht · dµ(u) BM
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◮ Instead of M think of
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◮ Instead of M think of
◮ F.h.c. [S1; M] are conj classes:
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◮ Instead of M think of
◮ F.h.c. [S1; M] are conj classes: CΓ =
◮ Instead of M think of
◮ F.h.c. [S1; M] are conj classes: CΓ =
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◮ Instead of M think of
◮ F.h.c. [S1; M] are conj classes: CΓ =
x∈ ˜ M
g(γ · x, x)
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◮ Instead of M think of
◮ F.h.c. [S1; M] are conj classes: CΓ =
x∈ ˜ M
g(γ · x, x) = lim n→∞
g(γny, y)
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◮ Instead of M think of
◮ F.h.c. [S1; M] are conj classes: CΓ =
x∈ ˜ M
g(γ · x, x) = lim n→∞
g(γny, y) ◮ Top entropy = volume entropy = Γ-orbit growth
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g(Bx,R)
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◮ Instead of M think of
◮ F.h.c. [S1; M] are conj classes: CΓ =
x∈ ˜ M
g(γ · x, x) = lim n→∞
g(γny, y) ◮ Top entropy = volume entropy = Γ-orbit growth
R→∞
g(Bx,R) = lim R→∞
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◮ Instead of M think of
◮ F.h.c. [S1; M] are conj classes: CΓ =
x∈ ˜ M
g(γ · x, x) = lim n→∞
g(γny, y) ◮ Top entropy = volume entropy = Γ-orbit growth
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g(Bx,R) = lim R→∞
◮ Bowen-Margulis measure µBM vs. Patterson-Sullivan current mPS
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◮ Γ torsion free Gromov-hyperbolic group
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◮ Γ torsion free Gromov-hyperbolic group ◮ DΓ = {left invariant metrics on Γ q.i. to a word metric}/ ∼
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◮ Γ torsion free Gromov-hyperbolic group ◮ DΓ = {left invariant metrics on Γ q.i. to a word metric}/ ∼
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◮ Γ torsion free Gromov-hyperbolic group ◮ DΓ = {left invariant metrics on Γ q.i. to a word metric}/ ∼
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g(γ1.x, γ2.x)
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◮ Γ torsion free Gromov-hyperbolic group ◮ DΓ = {left invariant metrics on Γ q.i. to a word metric}/ ∼
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g(γ1.x, γ2.x)
g(Γ.x, Γ.y) ≤ diam(M, g).
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◮ Γ torsion free Gromov-hyperbolic group ◮ DΓ = {left invariant metrics on Γ q.i. to a word metric}/ ∼
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g(γ1.x, γ2.x)
g(Γ.x, Γ.y) ≤ diam(M, g).
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◮ Γ torsion free Gromov-hyperbolic group ◮ DΓ = {left invariant metrics on Γ q.i. to a word metric}/ ∼
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g(γ1.x, γ2.x)
g(Γ.x, Γ.y) ≤ diam(M, g).
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◮ Γ torsion free Gromov-hyperbolic group ◮ DΓ = {left invariant metrics on Γ q.i. to a word metric}/ ∼
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g(Γ.x, Γ.y) ≤ diam(M, g).
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◮ m[d] is Γ-invariant and ergodic ◮ dm[d](x, y) = e2h[d]·F(x,y) dν(x) dν(y) where
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◮ m[d] is Γ-invariant and ergodic ◮ dm[d](x, y) = e2h[d]·F(x,y) dν(x) dν(y) where
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◮ m[d] is Γ-invariant and ergodic ◮ dm[d](x, y) = e2h[d]·F(x,y) dν(x) dν(y) where
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◮ The maps Riem<0(Σ) ֒
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◮ The maps Riem<0(Σ) ֒
◮ The spaces
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K) with d = distHn
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K) with K = R, C, H, O
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◮ either H[d] is discrete and [H[d] : Γ] < ∞, ◮ or Γ is a uniform lattice in Isom(Hn K) where K = R, C, H, O
K and d ∼ c · distHn
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◮ either H[d] is discrete and [H[d] : Γ] < ∞, ◮ or Γ is a uniform lattice in Isom(Hn K) where K = R, C, H, O
K and d ∼ c · distHn
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◮ either H[d] is discrete and [H[d] : Γ] < ∞, ◮ or Γ is a uniform lattice in Isom(Hn K) where K = R, C, H, O
K and d ∼ c · distHn
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◮ either H[d] is discrete and [H[d] : Fn] < ∞, ◮ or d ∼ dS – word metric; in which case H[d] ≃ Aut(T).
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◮ either H ≃ Γ (trivial lattice), ◮ or H ≃ PSL2(R) (non-uniform lattice), ◮ or H is a non-discrete closed subgroup of Aut(Tree) (uniform lattice).
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◮ either H ≃ Γ (trivial lattice), ◮ or H ≃ PSL2(R) (non-uniform lattice), ◮ or H is a non-discrete closed subgroup of Aut(Tree) (uniform lattice).
◮ either H ≃ Γ, ◮ or Γ is a cocompact rank one lattice and H ≃ Isom(Hn K).
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