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Rigidity of the hyperbolic marked energy spectrum and entropy for $k$-surfaces

Sébastien Alvarez·Ben Lowe·Graham Smith
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Labourie raised the question of determining the possible asymptotics for the growth rate of compact $k$-surfaces, counted according to energy, in negatively curved $3$-manifolds, indicating the possibility of a theory of thermodynamical formalism for this class of surfaces. Motivated by this question and by analogous results for the geodesic flow, we prove a number of results concerning the asymptotic behavior of high energy $k$-surfaces, especially in relation to the curvature of the ambient space. First, we determine a rigid upper bound for the growth rate of quasi-Fuchsian $k$-surfaces, counted according to energy, and with asymptotically round limit set, subject to a lower bound on the sectional curvature of the ambient space. We also study the marked energy spectrum for $k$-surfaces, proving a number of domination and rigidity theorems in this context. Finally, we show that the marked area and energy spectra for $k$-surfaces in $3$-dimensional manifolds of negative curvature are asymptotic if and only if the sectional curvature is constant.

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Sébastien Alvarez, Ben Lowe, Graham Smith. 2025-08-14. Rigidity of the hyperbolic marked energy spectrum and entropy for $k$-surfaces. https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.14389

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