Character algebras of decorated SL₂( C)-local systems

DOI10.2140/AGT.2013.13.2429zbMATH Open1386.13021arXiv1107.3329OpenAlexW3105489881MaRDI QIDQ351706FDOQ351706

Authors: Greg Muller, Peter Samuelson 

Publication date: 9 July 2013

Published in: Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let S be a path-connected, locally-compact CW-complex, and let M be a subcomplex with finitely-many components. A `decorated SL_2(C)-local system' is an SL_2(C)-local system on S, together with a choice of `decoration' at each component of M (a section of the stalk of an associated vector bundle). We study the (decorated SL_2(C)-)character algebra of (S,M), those functions on the space of decorated SL_2(C)-local systems on (S,M) which are regular with respect to the monodromy. The character algebra is presented explicitly. The character algebra is then shown to correspond to the algebra spanned by collections of oriented curves in S modulo simple graphical rules. As an intermediate step, we obtain an invariant-theory result of independent interest: a presentation of the algebra of SL_2(C)-invariant functions on End(V)^m + V^n, where V is the tautological representation of SL_2(C).

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1107.3329

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zbMATH Keywords

cluster algebraquantum cluster algebraquantum torusskein algebratriangulation of surfaceslocal systemsmixed concomitantsmixed invariantsrings of invariants

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Algebraic moduli problems, moduli of vector bundles (14D20) Actions of groups on commutative rings; invariant theory (13A50) Topological methods in group theory (57M07)

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