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Homogeneous Dynamics and Anosov Representations: Slack calculus, quasi-laminations, and the limit cone for positive representations

Presenter
April 22, 2026
Keywords:
  • discrete subgroups
  • semisimple Lie groups
  • Anosov representations
  • convex projective geometry
  • entropy
  • geometric structures
  • Hitchin representations
  • homogeneous dynamics
  • mixing
  • thermodynamic formalism
  • thin subgroups
MSC:
  • 20-XX - Group theory and generalizations
  • 22-XX - Topological groups
  • Lie groups
  • 37-XX - Dynamical systems and ergodic theory
  • 53-XX - Differential geometry
  • 57-XX - Manifolds and cell complexes
Abstract
We study the limit cone of a positive representation of a surface group into a real-split, semi-simple Lie group. We focus on the problem of identifying which curves and geodesic currents are able to find the boundary. We show that for a typical boundary face, the curves and currents mapping to that face are supported on a sub-flow of low complexity that we call a quasi-lamination. It is analogous to the maximally stretched lamination appearing in the story of Thurston’s asymmetric metric. Joint work with Fran\c{c}ois Gu\’eritaud and Fanny Kassel.