Symplectic coordinates on the deformation spaces of convex projective structures on 2-orbifolds

Abstract

Let $\mathcal{O}$ be a closed orientable 2-orbifold of negative Euler characteristic. Huebschmann constructed the Atiyah-Bott-Goldman type symplectic form $\omega$ on the deformation space $\mathcal{C}(\mathcal{O})$ of convex projective structures on $\mathcal{O}$. We show that the deformation space $\mathcal{C}(\mathcal{O})$ of convex projective structures on $\mathcal{O}$ admits a global Darboux coordinates system with respect to $\omega$. To this end, we show that $\mathcal{C}(\mathcal{O})$ can be decomposed into smaller symplectic spaces. In the course of the proof, we also study the deformation space $\mathcal{C}(\mathcal{O})$ for an orbifold $\mathcal{O}$ with boundary and construct the symplectic form on the deformation space of convex projective structures on $\mathcal{O}$ with fixed boundary holonomy.

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