The Anti-de Sitter proof of Thurston's earthquake theorem

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Main Authors: Diaf, Farid, Seppi, Andrea
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Seppi, Andrea
contents Thurston's earthquake theorem asserts that every orientation-preserving homeomorphism of the circle admits an extension to the hyperbolic plane which is a (left or right) earthquake. The purpose of these notes is to provide a proof of Thurston's earthquake theorem, using the bi-invariant geometry of the Lie group $\mathrm{PSL}(2,\mathbb R)$, which is also called Anti-de Sitter three-space. The involved techniques are elementary, and no background knowledge is assumed apart from some two-dimensional hyperbolic geometry.
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spellingShingle The Anti-de Sitter proof of Thurston's earthquake theorem
Diaf, Farid
Seppi, Andrea
Geometric Topology
Differential Geometry
Thurston's earthquake theorem asserts that every orientation-preserving homeomorphism of the circle admits an extension to the hyperbolic plane which is a (left or right) earthquake. The purpose of these notes is to provide a proof of Thurston's earthquake theorem, using the bi-invariant geometry of the Lie group $\mathrm{PSL}(2,\mathbb R)$, which is also called Anti-de Sitter three-space. The involved techniques are elementary, and no background knowledge is assumed apart from some two-dimensional hyperbolic geometry.
title The Anti-de Sitter proof of Thurston's earthquake theorem
topic Geometric Topology
Differential Geometry
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.03631