Fundamental groups of character varieties: surfaces and tori

DOI10.1007/S00209-015-1492-XzbMATH Open1349.14042arXiv1412.4389OpenAlexW1794873683WikidataQ63471836 ScholiaQ63471836MaRDI QIDQ495591FDOQ495591

Authors: Indranil Biswas, Sean Lawton, Daniel Ramras 

Publication date: 14 September 2015

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

Abstract: We compute the fundamental group of moduli spaces of Lie group valued representations of surface and torus groups.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1412.4389

zbMATH Keywords

moduli spacecharacter varietyfundamental groupYang-Mills theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Algebraic moduli problems, moduli of vector bundles (14D20) Homotopy theory and fundamental groups in algebraic geometry (14F35) Group actions on varieties or schemes (quotients) (14L30)

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