On equivariant embeddings of hyperbolic surfaces into hyperbolic 3-manifolds

Abstract

We consider the problem of when a closed hyperbolic surface admits a totally geodesic embedding into a closed hyperbolic 3-manifold, and in particular equivariant versions of such embeddings. In a previous paper we considered orientation-preserving actions on orientable surfaces; in the present paper, we consider large orientation-reversing actions on orientable surfaces, and also large actions on nonorientable surfaces.