Global Weyl groups and a new theory of multiplicative quiver varieties (Q906188)

This work presents a graphical interpretation of a certain type of hyperkähler manifolds which the author calls wild Hitchin moduli spaces -- loosely, hyperkähler manifolds attached to a Riemann surface with additional data. Wild Hitchin moduli spaces are similar to, but more complicated than, a large class of hyperkähler manifolds which are attached to graphs with additional data: the Nakajima quiver varieties. To better understand these moduli spaces, the author connects them to colored quivers through a new construction: multiplicative quiver varieties. This construction allows for a better understanding of the isomorphisms between the wild character varieties (wild Hitchin spaces). Suppose \(\Gamma\) is a colored quiver with vertex set \(I.\) Let \(d\in \mathbb{Z}_{\geq0}^{I}\) \(q\in\left( \mathbb{C}^{\times}\right) ^{I}\;\)be an assignment of both a positive integer and a nonzero complex number to each node. Then \(\Gamma,q,\) and \(d\) determine an algebraic variety, denoted \(\mathcal{M}\left( \Gamma,q,d\right) .\)and called the multiplicative quiver variety Furthermore, contained in \(\mathcal{M}\left( \Gamma,q,d\right) \) is a canonical open subset of stable points \(\mathcal{M}^{\text{st}}\left( \Gamma,q,d\right) \) which, if nonempty, is a smooth symplectic algebraic variety. Both \(\mathcal{M}\left( \Gamma,q,d\right) \) and \(\mathcal{M} ^{\text{st}}\left( \Gamma,q,d\right) \) depend on \(d\) and \(q\) but not on their actual assignments. Furthermore, these varieties depend on the coloring: for example, if the underlying graph of \(\Gamma\) is a triangle, then there are two non-equivalent colorings of \(\Gamma,\) and in the case \(d=\left( 1,1,1\right) \) the varieties are not isomorphic. To study the quiver varieties which relate to wild character varieties, and to study their isomorphisms, one needs to consider supernova graphs. So, suppose \(\Gamma\) is a simply laced supernova graph, vertex set \(I,\) which is colored in such a way so that the core is monochromatic. Then \(\mathcal{M}^{\text{st} }\left( \Gamma,q,d\right) \) is isomorphic to a wild character variety. Let \(s_{i}\in\Aut\left( \mathbb{Z}^{I}\right) \) and \(r_{i}\in\Aut\left( \left( \mathbb{C}^{\times}\right)^{I}\right) \) be the corresponding simple reflections generating the Kac-Moody Weyl group. If \(q_{i}\neq1\) for some \(i\in I\) then \(\mathcal{M}^{\text{st}}\left( \Gamma,q,d\right) \cong\mathcal{M}^{\text{st}}\left( \Gamma,r_{i}\left( q\right),s_{i}\left( d\right) \right) \) as smooth symplectic algebraic varieties.