Commuting elements and spaces of homomorphisms

DOI10.1007/S00208-007-0089-ZzbMATH Open1131.57003arXivmath/0603197OpenAlexW2949153603MaRDI QIDQ2373386FDOQ2373386

Authors: Alejandro Adem, F. R. Cohen 

Publication date: 19 July 2007

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

Abstract: This article records basic topological, as well as homological properties of the space of homomorphisms Hom(L,G) where L is a finitely generated discrete group, and G is a Lie group, possibly non-compact. If L is a free abelian group of rank equal to n, then Hom(L,G) is the space of ordered n-tuples of commuting elements in G. If G=SU(2), a complete calculation of the cohomology of these spaces is given for n=2, 3. An explicit stable splitting of these spaces is also obtained, as a special case of a more general splitting.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0603197

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zbMATH Keywords

cohomology of spaces of homomorphisms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Topological methods in group theory (57M07) Lie groups (22E99)

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