Character varieties for real forms (Q2334102)

In this article, the author gives a definition for character varieties for real forms of \(\mathrm{SL}(n,\mathbb{C})\). The main result is to characterize irreducible representations arising as conjugates of representations into real forms of \(\mathrm{SL}(n,\mathbb{C})\). In particular, the author shows that the definition agrees with the topological definition given in the compact case \(\mathrm{SU}(n)\). In the second section, the author recalls known facts about complex character varieties. In the third section, the author introduces the definition for character varieties of real form and proves the main result. In the fourth section, the author uses his result to describe the real character variety of \(\mathbb{Z}/3*\mathbb{Z}/3\) into \(\mathrm{SU}(2,1)\) and \(\mathrm{SU}(3)\). The author uses the parametrization of \(\chi_{\mathrm{SL}(3,\mathbb{C})}(F_2)\) given by \textit{S. Lawton} [J. Algebra 313, No. 2, 782--801 (2007; Zbl 1119.13004)] and in particular find slices of representations parametrized by \textit{J. R. Parker} and \textit{P. Will} [Contemp. Math. 639, 327--348 (2015; Zbl 1360.20017)] and \textit{E. Falbel} et al. [Exp. Math. 25, No. 2, 219--235 (2016; Zbl 1353.57007)].