Representation growth and rational singularities of the moduli space of local systems

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Abstract: We relate the asymptotic representation theory of SL(d,mathbbZp) and the singularities of the moduli space of SL(d)-local systems on a smooth projective curve, proving new theorems about both. Regarding the former, we prove that, for every d, the number of n-dimensional representations of SL(d,mathbbZp) grows slower than n22, confirming a conjecture of Larsen and Lubotzky. Regarding the latter, we prove that the moduli space of SL(d)-local systems on a smooth projective curve of genus at least 12 has rational singularities. Most of our results apply more generally to semi-simple algebraic groups. For the proof, we study the analytic properties of push forwards of smooth measures under algebraic maps. More precisely, we show that such push forwards have continuous density if the algebraic map is flat and all of its fibers have rational singularities.



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