Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Complex hyperbolic space'

This thesis presents a computational method for constructing Siegel sets for the action of \Gamma = SU(n; 1;O) on HnC, where O is the ring of integers of an imaginary quadratic field with trivial class group. The thesis first presents a basic algorithm for computing Siegel sets and then considers practical improvements which can be made to this algorithm in order to decrease computation time. This improved algorithm is implemented in a C++ program called siegel, the source code for which is freely available at http://code.google.com/p/siegel/, and this program is used to compute explicit Siegel sets for the action of all applicable groups \Gamma on H2C and H3C.

Nous étudions les triangulations dans des espaces de courbure négative constante, en théorie et en pratique. Ce travail est motivé par des applications dans des domaines variés. Nous considérons les complexes de Delaunay et les diagrammes de Voronoï dans la boule de Poincaré, modèle conforme de l'espace hyperbolique, en dimension quelconque. Nous utilisons l'espace des sphères pour la description des algorithmes. Nous étudions aussi les questions algébriques et arithmétiques et observons que les calculs effectués sont rationnels. Les démonstrations sont basées sur des raisonnements géométriques et n'utilisent aucune formulation analytique de la distance hyperbolique. Nous présentons une implantation complète, exacte et efficace en dimension deux. Le code est développé en vue d'une intégration dans la bibliothèque CGAL, qui permettra une diffusion à un large public. Nous étudions ensuite les triangulations de Delaunay des surfaces hyperboliques fermées. Nous définissons une triangulation comme un complexe simplicial afin de permettre l'adaptation de l'algorithme incrémentiel connu pour le cas euclidien. Le cœur de l'approche consiste à montrer l'existence d'un revêtement fini dans lequel les fibres définissent toujours une triangulation de Delaunay. Nous montrons une condition suffisante sur la longueur des boucles non contractiles du revêtement. Dans le cas particulier de la surface de Bolza, nous proposons une méthode pour construire un tel revêtement, en étudiant les sous groupes distingués du groupe fuchsien définissant la surface. Nous considérons des aspects liés à l'implantation
We study triangulations of spaces of constant negative curvature -1 from both theoretical and practical points of view. This is originally motivated by applications in various fields such as geometry processing and neuro mathematics. We first consider Delaunay complexes and Voronoi diagrams in the Poincaré ball, a conformal model of the hyperbolic space, in any dimension. We use the framework of the space of spheres to give a detailed description of algorithms. We also study algebraic and arithmetic issues, observing that only rational computations are needed. All proofs are based on geometric reasoning, they do not resort to any use of the analytic formula of the hyperbolic distance. We present a complete, exact, and efficient implementation of the Delaunay complex and Voronoi diagram in the 2D hyperbolic space. The implementation is developed for future integration into the CGAL library to make it available to a broad public. Then we study the problem of computing Delaunay triangulations of closed hyperbolic surfaces. We define a triangulation as a simplicial complex, so that the general incremental algorithm for Euclidean Delaunay triangulations can be adapted. The key idea of the approach is to show the existence of a finite-sheeted covering space for which the fibers always define a Delaunay triangulation. We prove a sufficient condition on the length of the shortest non-contractible loops of the covering space. For the specific case of the Bolza surface, we propose a method to actually construct such a covering space, by studying normal subgroups of the Fuchsian group defining the surface. Implementation aspects are considered

In this work we present the proofs of the Laplacian comparison theorems for Kähler manifolds Mm of complex dimension m with holomorphic bisectional curvature bounded from below by −1, 1, and 0. The manifolds being compared are the complex hyperbolic space CHm, the complex projective space CPm, and the complex Euclidean space Cm, which holomorphic bisectional curvatures are −1, 1, and 0, respectively. Moreover, as applications of the Laplacian comparison theorems, we describe the proof of the Bishop- Gromov comparison theorem for Kähler manifolds and obtain an estimate for the first eigenvalue λ1(M) of the Laplacian operator, that is, λ1(M) ≤ m2 = λ1(CHm), and show that the volume of Kähler manifolds with holomorphic bisectional curvature bounded from below by 1 is bounded by the volume of CPm. The results cited above have been proved in 2005 by Li and Wang, in an article Comparison theorem for Kähler Manifolds and Positivity of Spectrum , published in the Journal of Differential Geometry.
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
Nesta dissertação, apresentamos as demonstrações dos teoremas de comparação do Laplaciano para variedades Kähler completas Mm de dimensão complexa m com curvatura bisseccional holomorfa limitada inferiormente por −1, 1 e 0. As variedades a serem comparadas são o espaço hiperbólico complexo CHm, o espaço projetivo complexo CPm e o espaço Euclidiano complexo Cm, cujas curvaturas bisseccionais holomorfas são −1, 1 e 0, respectivamente. Além disso, como aplicação dos teoremas de comparação do Laplaciano, descrevemos a prova do Teorema de Comparação de Bishop-Gromov para variedades Kähler; obtemos uma estimativa para o primeiro autovalor λ1(M) do Laplaciano, isto é, λ1(M) ≤ m2 = λ1(CHm); e mostramos que o volume de variedades Kähler, com curvatura bisseccional limitada inferiormente por 1, é limitado pelo volume de CPm. Os resultados citados acima foram provados em 2005 por Li e Wang no artigo Comparison Theorem for Kähler Manifolds and Positivity of Spectrum , publicado no Journal of Differential Geometry.

Dans cette thèse, nous nous intéressons aux propriétés géométriques asymptotiques d'une classe de variétés kähleriennes complètes et non compactes, que l'on appelle variétés asymptotiquement localement hyperboliques complexes. On les nomme ainsi car leur géométrie locale à l'infini est modelée sur celle de l'espace hyperbolique complexe, au sens où leur courbure est asymptotique à la courbure de l'espace hyperbolique complexe.Nous montrons que sous des hypothèses naturelles de nature géométrique, cette condition de courbure assure l'existence d'une structure riche à l'infini similaire à celle de l'espace modèle : leur bord à l'infini est muni d'une structure de Cauchy-Riemann strictement pseudoconvexe
In this thesis, we investigate the asymptotic geometric properties a class of complete and non compact Kähler manifolds we call asymptotically locally complex hyperbolic manifolds.The local geometry at infinity of such a manifold is modeled on that of the complex hyperbolic space, in the sense that its curvature is asymptotic to that of the model space.Under natural geometric assumptions, we show that this constraint on the curvature ensures the existence of a rich geometry at infinity: we can endow it with a strictly pseudoconvex CR boundary at infinity

In this thesis we study the asymptotic Plateau problem for surfaces with constant mean curvature (CMC) in hyperbolic 3-space H3. We give a new, geometrically transparent proof of the existence of a CMC surface spanning any given Jordan curve on the sphere at infinity of H3, for mean curvature lying in the range (-1,1). Our proof does not require methods from geometric measure theory, and yields an immersed disk as solution. We then study the dependence of the solution surface on the boundary data. We view the set of H-surfaces (CMC surfaces with mean curvature equal to H) as consisting of the conformal H-harmonic maps. We therefore begin by showing smooth dependence on boundary data for H-harmonic maps (with |H| < 1) which solve a Dirichlet problem at infinity. This is achieved by showing that the linearised H-harmonic map operator is invertible as a map between appropriate function spaces. Finally we show smooth dependence on boundary data for H-surfaces which lie in a neighbourhood of the totally umbilic spherical caps {H}. This is achieved by studying the mapping properties of the so-called conformality operator. We use methods from complex geometry to show that the linearisation of this operator at a cap H is an isomorphism for all H ∈ (−1, 1).

This work studies the Deligne-Mostow lattices in PU(2,1). These were introduced by Deligne and Mostow in several works, using monodromy of hypergeometric functions. The same lattices were rediscovered by Thurston using a geometric construction, which consists of studying possible configurations of cone points on a sphere of area 1 when the cone angles are prescribed. This space has a complex hyperbolic structure and certain automorphisms of the sphere which swap pairs of cone points, generate a lattice for some choice of initial cone angles (more precisely, the Deligne-Mostow lattices). Among these, we will consider the ones in PU(2,1). We use Thurston's approach to study the metric completion of this space, which is obtained by making pairs of cone points coalesce. Following the works of Parker and Boadi-Parker, we build a polyhedron. Using the Poincaré polyhedron theorem, we prove that the polyhedron we find is indeed a fundamental domain. Moreover, we give presentations for all Deligne-Mostow lattices in PU(2,1), calculate their volumes and show that they are coherent with the known commensurability theorems.

This thesis consists of two papers on the spectral geometry of locally symmetric spaces of Riemannian and Lorentzian signature. Both works are concerned with the idea of relating analysis on such spaces to structures on their boundaries.

The first paper is motivated by a conjecture of Patterson on the Selberg zeta function of Kleinian groups. We consider geometrically finite hyperbolic cylinders with non-compact Riemann surfaces of finite area as cross sections. For these cylinders, we present a detailed investigation of the Bunke-Olbrich extension operator under the assumption that the cross section of the cylinder has one cusp. We establish the meromorphic continuation of the extension of Eisenstein series and incomplete theta series through the limit set. Furthermore, we derive explicit formulas for the residues of the extension operator in terms of boundary values of automorphic eigenfunctions.

The motivation for the second paper comes from conformal geometry in Lorentzian signature. We prove the existence and uniqueness of a sequence of differential intertwining operators for spherical principal series representations, which are realized on boundaries of anti de Sitter spaces. Algebraically, these operators correspond to homomorphisms of generalized Verma modules. We relate these families to the asymptotics of eigenfunctions on anti de Sitter spaces.

We study relations between special elliptic isometries in the complex hyperbolic plane. A special elliptic isometry can be seen as a rotation around a fixed axis (a complex geodesic). Such an isometry is determined by specifying a nonisotropic point p (the polar point to the fixed axis) and a unitary complex number a, the angle of the isometry. Any relation between special elliptic isometries with rational angles gives rise to a representation H(k1;:::;kn) → PU(2;1), where H(k1;:::;kn) : = ⟨ r1; : : : ; rn ∣ rn : : : r1> = 1; rkii = 1 ⟩ and PU(2;1) stands for the group of orientation-preserving isometries of the complex hyperbolic plane. We denote by Rpα the special elliptic isometry determined by the nonisotropic point p and by the unitary complex number α. Relations of the form Rpnαn : : :Rp1α1 = 1 in PU(2;1), called special elliptic n-gons, can be modified by short relations known as bendings: given a product RqβRpα, there exists a one-parameter subgroup B : R → SU(2;1) such that B(s) is in the centralizer of Rqβ Rpα and RB(s)qβRB(s)pα = RqβRB(s)pα for every s ∈ R. Then, for each i = 1,...,n-1, we can change Rpi+1αi+1Rpiαi by RB(s)pi+1αi+1RB(s)piαi obtaining a new n-gon. We prove that the generic part of the space of pentagons with fixed angles and signs of points is connected by means of bendings. Furthermore, we describe certain length 4 relations, called f -bendings, and prove that the space of pentagons with fixed product of angles is connected by means of bendings and f -bendings.
Neste trabalho, estudamos relações entre isometrias elípticas especiais no plano hiperbólico complexo. Uma isometria elíptica especial pode ser vista como uma rotação em torno de um eixo fixo (uma geodésica complexa). Tal isometria é determinada especificando-se um ponto não-isotrópico p (o ponto polar do eixo fixo) bem como um número complexo unitário a (o ângulo da isometria). Qualquer relação entre isometrias elípticas especiais com ângulos racionais dá origem a uma representação H(k1;:::;kn) → PU(2;1), onde H(k1;:::;kn) : = ⟨ r1; : : : ; rn ∣ rn : : : r1 = 1; rkii = 1 ⟩ e PU(2;1) é o grupo de isometrias que preservam a orientação do plano hiperbólico complexo. Denotamos por Rpα a isometria elíptica especial determinada pelo ponto não-isotrópico p e pelo complexo unitário α. Relações da forma Rpnαn : : :Rp1α1 = 1 em PU(2;1), chamadas n-ágonos elípticos especiais, podem ser modificadas a partir de relações curtas conhecidas como bendings: dado um produto RqβRpα, existe um subgrupo uniparamétrico B : R → SU(2;1) tal que B(s) está no centralizador de RqβRpα e RB(s)qβRB(s)pα = RqβRpα para todo s ∈ R. Assim, para cada i = 1; : : : ;n-1, podemos mudar Rpi+1α+1Rpiαi por RB(s)pi+1α+1RB(s)piα+1RB(s)piαi obtendo um novo n-ágono. Provamos que a parte genérica do espaço de pentágonos com ângulos e sinais de pontos fixados é conexa por meio de bendings. Além disso, descrevemos certas relações de comprimento 4, os f -bendings, e provamos que o espaço de pentágonos com produto de ângulos fixado é conexo por meio de bendings e f -bendings.

Le but de cette thèse est d’apporter des éléments de réponse au problème de la finitude du nombre de classes de R-isomorphisme de formes réelles d’une surface rationnelle projective complexe lisse X quelconque, i.e. du nombre de classes d’isomorphisme de R-schémas dont le complexifié est isomorphe à X. Nous étudions ce problème en termes de structures réelles (ou involutions antiholomorphes, généralisant la conjugaison complexe) sur X : l’intérêt de cette approche est qu’elle permet une réécriture du problème faisant intervenir les groupes d’automorphismes de surfaces rationnelles, à travers la cohomologie galoisienne. Grâce à des résultats récents concernant ces groupes et en nous appuyant sur de la géométrie hyperbolique et aussi dans une moindre mesure sur de la dynamique holomorphe et de la géométrie métrique, nous prouvons plusieurs résultats généraux de finitude qui dépassent largement le seul cadre des surfaces de Del Pezzo et peuvent s’appliquer à certaines surfaces rationnelles à grands groupes d’automorphismes
The aim of this PhD thesis is to give a partial answer to the finiteness problem for R-isomorphism classes of real forms of any smooth projective complex rational surface X, i.e. for the isomorphism classes of R-schemes whose complexification is isomorphic to X. We study this problem in terms of real structures (or antiholomorphic involutions, which generalize complex conjugation) on X: the advantage of this approach is that it helps us rephrasing our problem with automorphism groups of rational surfaces, via Galois cohomology. Thanks to recent results on these automorphism groups, using hyperbolic geometry and, to a lesser extent, holomorphic dynamics and metric geometry, we prove several finiteness results which go further than Del Pezzo surfaces and can apply to some rational surfaces with large automorphism groups

La classe des graphes quasi-médians est une généralisation des graphes médians, ou de manière équivalente, des complexes cubiques CAT(0). L'objectif de cette thèse est d'introduire ces graphes dans le monde de la théorie géométrique des groupes. Dans un premier temps, nous étendons la notion d'hyperplan définie dans les complexes cubiques CAT(0), et nous montrons que la géométrie d'un graphe quasi-médian se réduit essentiellement à la combinatoire de ses hyperplans. Dans la deuxième partie de notre texte, qui est le cœur de la thèse, nous exploitons la structure particulière des hyperplans pour démontrer des résultats de combinaison. L'idée principale est que si un groupe agit d'une bonne manière sur un graphe quasi-médian de sorte que les stabilisateurs de cliques satisfont une certaine propriété P de courbure négative ou nulle, alors le groupe tout entier doit satisfaire P également. Les propriétés que nous considérons incluent : l'hyperbolicité (éventuellement relative), les compressions lp (équivariantes), la géométrie CAT(0) et la géométrie cubique. Finalement, la troisième et dernière partie de la thèse est consacrée à l'application des critères généraux démontrés précédemment à certaines classes de groupes particulières, incluant les produits graphés, les groupes de diagrammes introduits par Guba et Sapir, certains produits en couronne, et certains graphes de groupes. Les produits graphés constituent notre application la plus naturelle, où le lien entre le groupe et son graphe quasi-médian associé est particulièrement fort et explicite; en particulier, nous sommes capables de déterminer précisément quand un produit graphé est relativement hyperbolique
The class of quasi-median graphs is a generalisation of median graphs, or equivalently of CAT(0) cube complexes. The purpose of this thesis is to introduce these graphs in geometric group theory. In the first part of our work, we extend the definition of hyperplanes from CAT(0) cube complexes, and we show that the geometry of a quasi-median graph essentially reduces to the combinatorics of its hyperplanes. In the second part, we exploit the specific structure of the hyperplanes to state combination results. The main idea is that if a group acts in a suitable way on a quasi-median graph so that clique-stabilisers satisfy some non-positively curved property P, then the whole group must satisfy P as well. The properties we are interested in are mainly (relative) hyperbolicity, (equivariant) lp-compressions, CAT(0)-ness and cubicality. In the third part, we apply our general criteria to several classes of groups, including graph products, Guba and Sapir's diagram products, some wreath products, and some graphs of groups. Graph products are our most natural examples, where the link between the group and its quasi-median graph is particularly strong and explicit; in particular, we are able to determine precisely when a graph product is relatively hyperbolic

Cette thèse est une contribution au domaine des cubulations de groupes hyperboliques au sens de Gromov. Nous nous intéressons au cas particulier des groupes fondamentaux de variétés hyperboliques réelles compactes. La philosophie inspirée dans ce domaine par les travaux de M. Sageev est que si un groupe hyperbolique possède suffisamment de sous-groupes de codimension 1 quasi-convexes, alors il agit géométriquement sur un complexe cubique CAT(0) de dimension finie. Nous démontrons un critère précis de cubulation pour les groupes fondamentaux de variétés hyperboliques compactes, à l'aide de constructions d'espaces à murs quasi-isométriques à l'espace hyperbolique réel. Nous nous restreignons par la suite au cas particulier de la dimension 3 et plus particulièrement aux 3-variétés hyperboliques compactes virtuellement fibrées sur le cercle. Nous exploitons alors une construction de surfaces immergées incompressibles dites coupées-croisées due à D. Cooper, D. Long et A. Reid dans une telle 3-variété M pour fabriquer des sous-groupes de surface de son groupe fondamental~G. En raffinant des arguments de J. Masters et en exploitant la structure de l'application de Cannon-Thurston, nous parvenons à construire des sous-groupes de surfaces quasi-convexes de G en quantité suffisante pour que leurs ensembles limites permettent de séparer toutes les paires de points distincts du bord du revêtement universel de M. En conséquence de cette construction, G agit géométriquement sur un complexe cubique CAT(0) de dimension finie. D. Wise soulève alors la question de savoir si ce groupe G peut agir géométriquement et également virtuellement co-spécialement (au sens de F. Haglund et D. Wise) sur un complexe cubique CAT(0). Une réponse positive résoudrait les conjectures selon lesquelles G est large et le premier nombre de Betti virtuel de M est infini. Nous faisons remarquer que pour obtenir une réponse positive à cette question, il suffit de trouver une surface coupée-croisée virtuellement plongée dans un revêtement fini fibré sur le cercle de M. Nous concluons en présentant des conditions algébriques, puis géométriques et cohomologiques suffisantes pour qu'une surface coupée-croisée donnée soit virtuellement plongée.

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Com uma aplicação adequada do conhecido princípio do máximo generalizado de Omori-Yau, obtemos resultados de rigidez com relação a hipersuperfícies imersas completascomcurvaturamédiadelimitadanoespaçohiperbólicoHn+1 (n+1)-dimensional. Em nossa abordagem exploramos a existência de uma dualidade natural entreHn+1 e a metade Hn+1 do espaço de SitterSn+11 , cujo modelo é chamado de steady state space.
As a suitable application of the well known generalized maximum principle of Omori-Yau, we obtain rigidity results concerning to a complete hypersurface immersed with bounded mean curvature in the (n+1)-dimensional hyperbolic spaceHn+1. In our approach, we explore the existence of a natural duality betweenHn+1 and the half Hn+1 of the de Sitter spaceSn+11 , which models the so-called steady state space.

A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science. Johannesburg, 2013.
Continued fractions have been extensively studied in number theoretic ways. These continued fractions are expressed as compositions of M¨obius maps in the Picard group PS L(2;C) that act, by Poincar´e’s extension, as isometries on H3. We investigate the Picard group with its generators and derive the fundamental domain using a direct method. From the fundamental domain, we produce an ideal octahedron, O0, that generates the Farey tessellation of H3. We explore the properties of Farey neighbours, Farey geodesics and Farey triangles that arise from the Farey tessellation and relate these to Ford spheres. We consider the Farey addition of two rationals in R as a subdivision of an interval and hence are able to generalise this notion to a subdivision of a Farey triangle with Gaussian Farey neighbour vertices. This Farey set allows us to revisit the Farey triangle subdivision given by Schmidt [44] and interpret it as a theorem about adjacent octahedra in the Farey tessellation of H3. We consider continued fraction algorithms with Gaussian integer coe cients. We introduce an analogue of Series [45] cutting sequence across H2 in H3. We derive a continued fraction expansion based on this cutting sequence generated by a geodesic in H3 that ends at the point in C that passes through O0.

The classical Oka principle in complex analysis is a heuristic, supported by theorems of Oka, Grauert and others, to the effect that certain holomorphically defined problems involving Stein manifolds have only topological obstructions to their solution. Gromov’s influential 1989 paper on the Oka principle introduced the class of so-called elliptic manifolds, and gave an Oka principle for maps from Stein manifolds into elliptic manifolds. More recently, Forstneric and Lárusson have introduced the category of Oka manifolds and Oka maps, which fit naturally into an abstract homotopy-theoretic framework; every elliptic manifold in Gromov’s sense is also an Oka manifold. Examples of Oka manifolds are complex Lie groups and their homogeneous spaces (which are also elliptic); the complement in Pn of an algebraic subvariety of codimension at least 2; Hirzebruch surfaces; and more generally any fibre bundle whose base and fibre are Oka. The Oka property can be thought of as a sort of anti-hyperbolicity; the notion of Kobayashi hyperbolicity expresses a type of holomorphic rigidity, and conversely, Oka manifolds are those that enjoy a high degree of holomorphic flexibility. Other flexibility properties enjoyed by Oka manifolds include strong dominability: for every Oka manifold X and every p ∈ X there exists a holomorphic map Cn → X which maps 0 to p and is a submersion at 0; and C-connectedness: every pair of points can be joined by an entire curve. The aim of this thesis is to provide new examples of Oka manifolds, and to shed light on the relationship between the Oka property and other types of holomorphic flexibility. Naturally occurring candidates for examples include complements of hypersurfaces in Pn, especially low-degree or non-algebraic hypersurfaces (in contrast with Kobayashi’s conjecture that the complement of a generic high-degree hypersurface should be hyperbolic), and spaces of holomorphic maps. This thesis contains three chapters. The first chapter outlines the historical development of Oka theory, gives an overview of the remaining chapters, and suggests some directions for future research. Chapter 2 is a paper entitled Oka properties of some hypersurface complements, to appear in Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. There are two main results: a characterisation of when a complement in Pn of hyperplanes is Oka, and the result that the complement of the affine graph of a meromorphic function is Oka, subject to some restrictions. The proof of the second result involves an extension to Gromov’s technique of localisation of algebraic subellipticity. Chapter 3 is a paper entitled Holomorphic flexibility properties of the space of cubic rational maps. Define Rd to be the space of rational functions of degree d on the Riemann sphere. Geometric invariant theory can be used to explore the structure of Rd: the Möbius group acts on Rd by precomposition and postcomposition. The two-sided action on R₂ is transitive, implying that R₂ is an Oka manifold. The action on R₃ has C as its categorical quotient; Section 3.4 gives an explicit formula for the quotient map and describes its structure in some detail. Furthermore, R₃ is strongly dominable and C-connected.
Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Mathematical Sciences, 2013

The aim of this dissertation is to give explicit descriptions of the set of proper holomorphic mappings between two complex manifolds with reasonable restrictions on the domain and target spaces. Without any restrictions, this problem is intractable even when posed for do-mains in . We give partial results for special classes of manifolds. We study, broadly, two types of structure results: Descriptive. The first result of this thesis is a structure theorem for finite proper holomorphic mappings between products of connected, hyperbolic open subsets of compact Riemann surfaces. A special case of our result follows from the techniques used in a classical result due to Remmert and Stein, adapted to the above setting. However, the presence of factors that have no boundary or boundaries that consist of a discrete set of points necessitates the use of techniques that are quite divergent from those used by Remmert and Stein. We make use of a finiteness theorem of Imayoshi to deal with these factors. Rigidity. A famous theorem of H. Alexander proves the non-existence of non-injective proper holomorphic self-maps of the unit ball in . ,n >1. Several extensions of this result for various classes of domains have been established since the appearance of Alexander’s result, and it is conjectured that the result is true for all bounded domains in . , n > 1, whose boundary is C2-smooth. This conjecture is still very far from being settled. Our first rigidity result establishes the non-existence of non-injective proper holomorphic self-maps of bounded, balanced pseudo convex domains of finite type (in the sense of D’Angelo) in ,n >1. This generalizes a result in 2, by Coupet, Pan and Sukhov, to higher dimensions. As in Coupet–Pan–Sukhov, the aforementioned domains need not have real-analytic boundaries. However, in higher dimensions, several aspects of their argument do not work. Instead, we exploit the circular symmetry and a recent result in complex dynamics by Opshtein. Our next rigidity result is for bounded symmetric domains. We prove that a proper holomorphic map between two non-planar bounded symmetric domains of the same dimension, one of them being irreducible, is a biholomorphism. Our methods allow us to give a single, all-encompassing argument that unifies the various special cases in which this result is known. Furthermore, our proof of this result does not rely on the fine structure (in the sense of Wolf et al.) of bounded symmetric domains. Thus, we are able to apply our techniques to more general classes of domains. We illustrate this by proving a rigidity result for certain convex balanced domains whose automorphism groups are assumed to only be non-compact. For bounded symmetric domains, our key tool is that of Jordan triple systems, which is used to describe the boundary geometry.

Η παρούσα διατριβή αφορά στη μελέτη του συνόρου υπερβολικών δισδιάστατων πολυέδρων. Οι χώροι οι οποίοι μελετώνται κατασκευάζονται κολλώντας υπερβολικά τρίγωνα τα οποία έχουν 2 τουλάχιστον κορυφές στο άπειρο. Οι συγκολλήσεις γίνονται με ισομετρίες κατά μήκος των πλευρών των τριγώνων και οι χώροι οι οποίοι προκύπτουν εφοδιάζονται φυσιολογικά με μία γεωμετρία η οποία έχει ομοιότητες με την γεωμετρία των υπερβολικών πολλαπλοτήτων. Αρχικά μελετάμε τις βασικές ιδιότητες των δισδιάστατων ιδεωδών πολυέδρων και αποδεικνύουμε ότι: «Για κάθε δύο σημεία του συνόρου του καθολικού καλύμματος του χώρου που κατασκευάζουμε, υπάρχει άπειρο πλήθος υποχώρων του συνόρου ομοιομορφικών με το οι οποίοι περιέχουν τα σημεία αυτά». Στη συνέχεια, για μια ειδική κλάση πολυέδρων που κατασκευάζουμε κολλώντας με ισομετρίες κατά μήκος των πλευρών τους πεπερασμένα υπερβολικά τρίγωνα τα οποία έχουν δύο κορυφές στο άπειρο, αποδεικνύουμε επιπλέον ότι: «το σύνορο του καθολικού καλύμματος του χώρου που κατασκευάζουμε είναι τοπικά συνεκτικό κατά τόξα». Τέλος, στην τρίτη ενότητα δίδουμε μια τοπολογική περιγραφή του συνόρου των ιδεωδών πολυέδρων διάστασης 2.
The present work is related to the study of the visual boundary of hyperbolic two dimensional simplicial complexes. We construct (and study) spaces by gluing hyperbolic triangles with at least two vertices at infinity. We glue the triangles by isometries along their sides and we study the derived spaces. In the first chapter it is proved that for every two points in the visual boundary of the universal covering of a two dimensional ideal polyhedron, there is an infinity of paths joining them. In the second chapter, a class of hyperbolic two dimensional complexes X is defined. Is is shown that the limit set of the action of π1(X) on the universal covering of X, is equal to the visual boundary and also that the visual boundary is path connected and locally path connected. Finally, in the third chapter a kind of Sierpinski set is described which is homeomorphic to the visual boundary of certain ideal polyhedra.