The moduli space of the modular group in three-dimensional complex hyperbolic geometry

Abstract

We study the moduli space of discrete, faithful, type-preserving representations of the modular group $\mathbf{PSL}(2,\mathbb{Z})$ into $\mathbf{PU}(3,1)$. The entire moduli space $\mathcal{M}$ is a union of $\mathcal{M}(0,\frac{2\pi}{3},\frac{4\pi}{3})$, $\mathcal{M}(\frac{2\pi}{3},\frac{4\pi}{3},\frac{4\pi}{3})$ and some isolated points. This is the first Fuchsian group such that its $\mathbf{PU}(3,1)$-representations space has been entirely constructed. Both $\mathcal{M}(0,\frac{2\pi}{3},\frac{4\pi}{3})$ and $\mathcal{M}(\frac{2\pi}{3},\frac{4\pi}{3},\frac{4\pi}{3})$ are parameterized by a square, where two opposite sides of the square correspond to representations of $\mathbf{PSL}(2,\mathbb{Z})$ into the smaller group $\mathbf{PU}(2,1)$. In particular, both sub moduli spaces $\mathcal{M}(0,\frac{2\pi}{3},\frac{4\pi}{3} )$ and $\mathcal{M}(\frac{2\pi}{3},\frac{4\pi}{3},\frac{4\pi}{3})$ interpolate the geometries studied in \cite{FalbelKoseleff:2002} and \cite{Falbelparker:2003}.