Deformations of maximal representations in Sp(4, R)

DOI10.1093/QMATH/HAR010zbMATH Open1261.14018arXiv0903.5496OpenAlexW2042366267MaRDI QIDQ3145523FDOQ3145523

Oscar García-Prada, Steven B. Bradlow, Peter B. Gothen

Publication date: 21 December 2012

Published in: The Quarterly Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We use Higgs bundles to answer the following question: When can a maximal Sp(4,R)-representation of a surface group be deformed to a representation which factors through a proper reductive subgroup of Sp(4,R)?

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0903.5496

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zbMATH Keywords

Higgs bundlessurface group representationsconnected components of moduli spaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Algebraic moduli problems, moduli of vector bundles (14D20) Vector bundles on curves and their moduli (14H60) Topological properties in algebraic geometry (14F45)

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