The Fuchsian length domination conjecture for Hitchin representations

Let SS be the surface and ρ\rho a representation in Hitn(S)Hit_n(S). A representation ρ\rho' is in the Fuchsian locus of Hitn(S)Hit_n(S) when it is a Fuchsian representation viewed in Hitn(S)Hit_n(S), and lρ(γ)l_\rho(\gamma) denotes the length associated with ρ\rho for γΓ\gamma\in\Gamma. Fuchsian length domination conjecture. There is some representation ρ\rho' in the Fuchsian locus of Hitn(S)Hit_n(S) such that

lρ(γ)lρ(γ),for any γΓ.l_{\rho}(\gamma) \geq l_{\rho'}(\gamma), \qquad \text{for any } \gamma \in \Gamma.

This conjecture would compare the marked length spectrum of every Hitchin representation with that of a Fuchsian representation. The supplied passage says that the authors were unable to show that the classical collar inequality fails in Hitn(S)Hit_n(S) for any n>2n>2, motivating this conjecture; no resolution is given here.

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Gye-Seon Lee and Tengren Zhang, “Collar lemma for Hitchin representations”, arXiv:1411.2082 (2015).

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