Conditions of smoothness of moduli spaces of flat connections and of character varieties

DOI10.1007/S00209-018-2158-2zbMATH Open1423.58006arXiv1610.09987OpenAlexW2890688451MaRDI QIDQ2272941FDOQ2272941

Authors: Nan-Kuo Ho, Graeme Wilkin, Siye Wu 

Publication date: 17 September 2019

Published in: Mathematische Zeitschrift (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We use gauge theoretic and algebraic methods to examine sufficient conditions for smooth points on the moduli space of flat connections on a compact manifold and on the character variety of a finitely generated and presented group. We give a complete proof of the slice theorem for the action of the group of gauge transformations on the space of flat connections. Consequently, the slice is smooth if the second cohomology of the manifold with coefficients in the semisimple part of the adjoint bundle vanishes. On the other hand, we find that the smoothness of the slice for the character variety of a finitely generated and presented group depends not only on the second group cohomology but also on the relation module of the presentation. However, when there is a single relator or if there is no relation among the relators in the presentation, our condition reduces to the minimality of the second group cohomology. This is also verified using Fox calculus. Finally, we compare the conditions of smoothness in the two approaches.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.09987

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zbMATH Keywords

smoothnessmoduli space of flat connections

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Algebraic moduli problems, moduli of vector bundles (14D20) Differentials and other special sheaves; D-modules; Bernstein-Sato ideals and polynomials (14F10) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Complex-analytic moduli problems (32G13) Holomorphic bundles and generalizations (32L05) Fundamental group, presentations, free differential calculus (57M05) Moduli problems for differential geometric structures (58D27)

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