Compactifications of representation spaces of finitely generated groups

DOI10.1007/S00209-011-0921-8zbMATH Open1322.22022arXiv1003.1111OpenAlexW3100441933MaRDI QIDQ455616FDOQ455616

Authors: Anne Parreau 

Publication date: 22 October 2012

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

Abstract: Let $Gamma$ be a finitely generated group and $G$ be a noncompact semisimple connected real Lie group with finite center. We consider the space $mathcalX$ of conjugacy classes of reductive representations of $Gamma$ into $G$. We define the {it translation vector} of an element $g$ in $G$, with values in a Weyl chamber, as a refinement of the translation length in the associated symmetric space. We construct a compactification of $mathcalX$, induced by the marked translation vector spectrum, generalizing Thurston's compactification of the Teichm"uller space. We show that the boundary points are projectivized marked translation vector spectra of actions of $Gamma$ on affine buildings with no global fixed point. An analoguous result holds for any reductive group $G$ over a local field.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1003.1111

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zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic conesEuclidean buildingssymmetric spacesreductive groupsmoduli spaces of representationshigher Teichmüller theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Discrete subgroups of Lie groups (22E40) Homogeneous spaces (22F30)

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