Gallo–Kapovich–Marden grafting conjecture for complex projective structures

Let Σ\Sigma be an orientable surface with finitely many punctures and no boundary, and let P(Σ)\mathcal{P}(\Sigma) denote its deformation space of complex projective structures. Each structure has a holonomy representation in R(Σ)\mathcal{R}(\Sigma), the space of representations of π1(Σ)\pi_1(\Sigma) into PSL2C\mathrm{PSL}_2\mathbb{C} up to conjugation. Gallo–Kapovich–Marden grafting conjecture. Two complex projective structures have the same holonomy if and only if it is possible to obtain one from the other by some sequence of graftings and degraftings. This conjecture asks for a geometric description of all complex projective structures with the same holonomy; it remains unresolved in the generality stated here.

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Samuel A. Ballas, Philip L. Bowers, Alex Casella and Lorenzo Ruffoni, “Tame and relatively elliptic CP^1-structures on the thrice-punctured sphere”, arXiv:2107.06370 (2023).

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