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.