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Deforming convex real projective structures

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In this paper we define new flows—eruption flows and internal bulging flows—on the deformation space of convex real projective structures. These flows are associated to internal parameters associated to a pair of pants decomposition.

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  1. Mathematisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 205, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Anna Wienhard

  2. Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies, HITS gGmbH, Schloss-Wolfsbrunnenweg 35, 69118, Heidelberg, Germany

    Anna Wienhard

  3. Mathematics Department, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard, Mail Code 253-37, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA

    Tengren Zhang

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Dedicated to Bill Goldman on the occasion of his 60th birthday

AW was partially supported by the National Science Foundation under Agreements DMS-1065919 and 0846408, by the Sloan Foundation, by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, by the European Research Council under ERC-Consolidator Grant 614733, and by the Klaus Tschira Foundation.

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Wienhard, A., Zhang, T. Deforming convex real projective structures. Geom Dedicata 192, 327–360 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10711-017-0243-z

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