Character varieties for real forms of classical complex groups

MaRDI QIDQ6324325zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Miguel Acosta

Publication date 28 August 2019

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Algebraic moduli problems, moduli of vector bundles (14D20) Geometric invariant theory (14L24) Ordinary representations and characters (20C15)

Abstract: Let $Gamma$ be a finitely generated group, $G_{m}athbbC$ be a classical complex group and $G_{m}athbbR$ a real form of $G_{m}athbbC$. We propose a definition of the $G_{m}athbbR$-character variety of $Gamma$ as a subset $mathcal{X}_{G_{m}athbbR}(Gamma)$ of the $G_{m}athbbC$-character variety $mathcal{X}_{G_{m}athbbC}(Gamma)$. We prove that these subsets cover the set of irreducible $G_{m}athbbC$-characters fixed by an anti-holomorphic involution $Phi$ of $mathcal{X}_{G_{m}athbbC}(Gamma)$. Whenever $G_{m}athbbR$ is compact, we prove that $mathcal{X}_{G_{m}athbbR}(Gamma)$ is homeomorphic to the topological quotient $mathrmHom(Gamma,G_{m}athbbR)/G_{m}athbbR$. Finally, we identify the reducible points of $mathcal{X}_{mathrmGL(n,mathbbC)}(Gamma)$ fixed by an anti-holomorphic involution $Phi$ as coming from direct sums of representations with values in real groups.

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