David Dumas
Papers
Titles link to PDF preprints, DOI links go to published versions (often paywalled).
- Uniformization of compact complex manifolds by Anosov homomorphisms (with Andrew Sanders). Preprint, 2020. New!
- Opers and nonabelian Hodge: numerical studies (with Andrew Neitzke). Preprint, 2020. New!
Associated materials:
- Asymptotics of Hitchin's metric on the Hitchin section (with Andrew Neitzke). Communications in Mathematical Physics, 2018.
doi:10.1007/s00220-018-3216-7
- Geometry of compact complex manifolds associated to generalized quasi-Fuchsian representations (with Andrew Sanders). To appear in Geometry & Topology.
- Coarse and fine geometry of the Thurston metric (with Anna Lenzhen, Kasra Rafi, and Jing Tao).
Forum of Mathematics, Sigma 8 (2020), e28.
doi:10.1017/fms.2020.3
- Holonomy limits of complex projective structures.
Advances in Mathematics 315 (2017), 427-473.
doi:10.1016/j.aim.2017.05.021
- Polynomial cubic differentials and convex polygons in the projective plane (with Michael Wolf).
Geometric and Functional Analysis 25 (2015), no. 6, 1734-1798.
doi:10.1007/s00039-015-0344-5
- Skinning maps are finite-to-one.
Acta Mathematica 215 (2015), no. 1, 55-126.
doi:10.1007/s11511-015-0129-6
- Grafting lines fellow travel Teichmüller geodesics (with Young-Eun Choi and Kasra Rafi).
International Mathematics Research Notices 2012 (2012), 2445-2492.
doi:10.1093/imrn/rnr104
- Bers slices are Zariski dense (with Autumn Kent).
Journal of Topology 2 (2009), no. 2, 373-379.
doi:10.1112/jtopol/jtp014
- Survey: Complex projective structures.
In Handbook of Teichmüller Theory, Volume II. Ed. Athanase Papadopoulos. EMS, 2009.
doi:10.4171/055
- Slicing, skinning, and grafting (with Autumn Kent).
American Journal of Mathematics 131 (2009), no. 5, 1419-1429.
doi:10.1353/ajm.0.0072
- Projective structures, grafting, and measured laminations (with Michael Wolf).
Geometry & Topology 12 (2008), no. 1, 351-386.
doi:10.2140/gt.2008.12.351
- Distribution of intersection lengths of a random geodesic with a geodesic lamination (with Martin Bridgeman).
Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems 27 (2007), no. 4, 1055-1072.
doi:10.1017/S0143385706001040.
- The Schwarzian derivative and measured laminations on Riemann surfaces.
Duke Mathematical Journal 140 (2007), no. 2, 203-243.
doi:10.1215/S0012-7094-07-14021-3.
- Grafting, pruning, and the antipodal Map on Measured Laminations.
The PDF linked here is an updated version of the paper published in J. Diff. Geom. 74 (2006), 93-118. It includes the correction that is the subject of this erratum.
Journal link: article / erratum
In Preparation
- Rays of conformally thick convex real projective surfaces (with Michael Wolf).
- Experiments with skinning maps (with Autumn Kent).
Lecture videos and slides
Most of my research presentations are chalk/whiteboard talks; these are some exceptions:
Abbreviated CV
Positions
- Math at UIC (2008-)
- Math at Brown (2005-2008, Tamarkin Assistant Professor and NSF Postdoc)
- Math at Rice (2004-2005, NSF Postdoc)
Study
Professional memberships
Acknowledgement
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science
Foundation. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations
expressed in this material are those of the author and do not
necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.