Deformations of reducible representations of 3-manifold groups into PSL₂(C)
Let \(M\) be a 3-manifold with torus boundary which is a rational homology sphere. Let \(\alpha:\pi_1(M)\rightarrow\mathbb C^*\) be a homomorphism and \(\rho_\alpha:\pi_1(M)\rightarrow \text{PSL}_2(\mathbb C)\) be the abelian representation given by \(\rho_\alpha(\gamma)=\pm \text{diag} (\alpha^{1\over2}(\gamma),\alpha^{-{1\over2}}(\gamma))\), \(\gamma\in\pi_1(M)\). In this paper, the authors give a partial answer to the question: when can \(\rho_\alpha\) be deformed into irreducible representations? Their answer is a generalization of the results of \textit{M. Heusener, J. Porti} and \textit{E. Suarez Peiro} [J. Reine Angew. Math. 530, 191--227 (2001; Zbl 0964.57006)] where they considered only representations \(\alpha:\pi_1(M)\rightarrow\mathbb C^*\) which factor through \(H_1(M,\mathbb Z)/ \text{tors}(H_1(M,\mathbb Z))\) and for which \(\alpha^{1\over2}\) can be chosen as a homomorphism. Moreover, the authors have removed the condition that \(\rho_\alpha\) is not \(\partial\)-trivial from [loc. cit.]. It is to note that the approach given in this paper for the cohomological computations needed for the deformation and for the analysis of the tangent space is completely self contained and simplifies in several aspects the computations from [loc. cit.].
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