The algebraic de Rham cohomology of representation varieties

DOI10.4153/CJM-2017-010-8zbMATH Open1393.14023arXiv1510.08222OpenAlexW3102992372MaRDI QIDQ4569632FDOQ4569632

Authors: Eugene Z. Xia 

Publication date: 26 June 2018

Published in: Canadian Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The SL(2,C)-representation varieties of punctured surfaces form natural families parameterized by holonomies at the punctures. In this paper, we first compute the loci where these varieties are singular for the cases of one-holed and two-holed tori and the four-holed sphere. We then compute the de Rham cohomologies of these varieties of the one-holed torus and the four-holed sphere when the varieties are smooth via the Grothendieck theorem. Furthermore, we produce the explicit Gauss-Manin connection on the natural family of the smooth SL(2,C)-representation variety of the one-holed torus.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1510.08222

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zbMATH Keywords

surfacealgebraic groupde Rham cohomologyrepresentation variety

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Families, moduli of curves (algebraic) (14H10) Group actions on affine varieties (14R20) (Co)homology of commutative rings and algebras (e.g., Hochschild, André-Quillen, cyclic, dihedral, etc.) (13D03) de Rham cohomology and algebraic geometry (14F40) Computational aspects of algebraic surfaces (14Q10)

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Uses Software

• Macaulay2
• Mathematica

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