Fenchel–Nielsen parameter conjecture for Zariski-dense free subgroups of SU(3,1){\rm SU}(3,1)

Let A,B\langle A,B\rangle be a Zariski-dense free subgroup of SU(3,1){\rm SU}(3,1) generated by loxodromic elements AA and BB. Let tr(A)\operatorname{tr}(A) and tr(B)\operatorname{tr}(B) denote their traces, let σ(A)\sigma(A) and σ(B)\sigma(B) denote the corresponding loxodromic invariants, let Xk(A,B)\mathbb X_k(A,B) for k=1,2,3k=1,2,3 denote the three cross-ratio invariants, and let an η\eta-invariant and a ν\nu-invariant be chosen as in the preceding parameterization.

Fenchel–Nielsen parameter conjecture. The subgroup A,B\langle A,B\rangle is determined up to conjugacy by

tr(A), tr(B), σ(A), σ(B), Xk(A,B) (k=1,2,3), one η-invariant, and one ν-invariant.\operatorname{tr}(A),\ \operatorname{tr}(B),\ \sigma(A),\ \sigma(B),\ \mathbb X_k(A,B)\ (k=1,2,3),\ \text{one }\eta\text{-invariant, and one }\nu\text{-invariant}.

This conjecture proposes that these trace, loxodromic, cross-ratio, and angular-type invariants form a complete set of parameters for the conjugacy class of a Zariski-dense free subgroup generated by two loxodromic elements. The source presents it as a general expectation, and no resolution is supplied here.

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Krishnendu Gongopadhyay and Shiv Parsad, “On Fenchel-Nielsen Coordinates of Surface Group Representations into SU(3,1)”, arXiv:1411.6755 (2017).

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