Non-arithmetic lattices and the Klein quartic

We give an algebro-geometric construction of some of the non-arithmetic ball quotients constructed by the author, Parker and Paupert. The new construction reveals a relationship between the corresponding orbifold fundamental groups and the automorphism group of the Klein quartic, and also with groups constructed by Barthel-Hirzebruch-H\"ofer and Couwenberg-Heckman-Looijenga

A new non-arithmetic lattice in PU(3,1)

We study the arithmeticity of the Couwenberg-Heckman-Looijenga lattices in PU(n,1), and show that they contain a non-arithmetic lattice in PU(3,1) which is not commensurable to the non-arithmetic Deligne-Mostow lattice in PU(3,1)

A 1-parameter family of spherical CR uniformizations of the figure eight knot complement

We describe a simple fundamental domain for the holonomy group of the boundary unipotent spherical CR uniformization of the figure eight knot complement, and deduce that small deformations of that holonomy group (such that the boundary holonomy remains parabolic) also give a uniformization of the figure eight knot complement. Finally, we construct an explicit 1-parameter family of deformations of the boundary unipotent holonomy group such that the boundary holonomy is twist-parabolic. For small values of the twist of these parabolic elements, this produces a 1-parameter family of pairwise non-conjugate spherical CR uniformizations of the figure eight knot complement

On the geometry of a Picard modular group

We study geometric properties of the action of the Picard modular group $\Gamma=PU(2,1,\mathcal{O}_7)$ on the complex hyperbolic plane $H^2_\mathbb{C}$, where $\mathcal{O}_7$ denotes the ring of algebraic integers in $\mathbb{Q}(i\sqrt{7})$. We list conjugacy classes of maximal finite subgroups in $\Gamma$ and give an explicit description of the Fuchsian subgroups that occur as stabilizers of mirrors of complex reflections in $\Gamma$. As an application, we describe an explicit torsion-free subgroup of index $336$ in $\Gamma$

Almost quarter-pinched K\"ahler metrics and Chern numbers

We prove that compact K\"ahler manifolds whose sectional curvatures are close to 1/4-pinched have ratios of Chern numbers close to the corresponding ratios of a complex hyperbolic space form. We deduce that the Mostow-Siu surfaces (and their three-dimensional analogues constructed by the first author) do not admit K\"ahler metrics with pinching close to 1/4

On subgroups of finite index in complex hyperbolic lattice triangle groups

We study several explicit finite index subgroups in the known complex hyperbolic lattice triangle groups, and show some of them are neat, some of them have positive first Betti number, some of them have a homomorphisms onto a non-Abelian free group. For some lattice triangle groups, we determine the minimal index of a neat subgroup. Finally, we answer a question raised by Stover and describe an infinite tower of neat ball quotients all with a single cusp

Volumes of 3-ball quotients as intersection numbers

We give an explicit description of the 3-ball quotients constructed by Couwenberg-Heckman-Looijenga, and deduce the value of their orbifold Euler characteristics. For each lattice, we also give a presentation in terms of generators and relations.Comment: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1710.0446

On spherical CR uniformization of 3-manifolds

International audienceWe consider the three discrete representations in the Falbel-Koseleff-Rouillier census where the peripheral subgroups have cyclic holonomy. We show that two of these representations have conjugate images, even though they represent different 3-manifold groups. This illustrates the fact that a discrete representation $\pi_1(M)\rightarrow PU(2,1)$ with cyclic unipotent boundary holonomy is not in general the holonomy of a spherical CR uniformization of $M$

Forgetful maps between Deligne-Mostow ball quotients

We study forgetful maps between Deligne-Mostow moduli spaces of weighted points on P^1, and classify the forgetful maps that extend to a map of orbifolds between the stable completions. The cases where this happens include the Livn\'e fibrations and the Mostow/Toledo maps between complex hyperbolic surfaces. They also include a retraction of a 3-dimensional ball quotient onto one of its 1-dimensional totally geodesic complex submanifolds

On the universal cover of certain exotic Kähler surfaces of negative curvature

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