SO(2n, C)-character varieties are not varieties of characters

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2016.11.034MaRDI QIDQ515595zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Adam S. Sikora

Publication date 16 March 2017

Published in Journal of Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.08279

zbMATH Keywords

trace functionorthogonal groupcharacter varietycharacter

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Algebraic moduli problems, moduli of vector bundles (14D20) Actions of groups on commutative rings; invariant theory (13A50) Ordinary representations and characters (20C15) Geometric invariant theory (14L24)

Abstract: We prove that the coordinate rings of SO(2n,C)-character varieties are not generated by trace functions nor generalized trace functions for $ngeq2$ and all groups Gamma of corank $geq2.$ Furthermore, we give examples of non-conjugate completely reducible representations undistinguishable by generalized trace functions. Hence, SO(2n,C)-character varieties are not varieties of characters. However, we also prove that any generic SO(2n,C)-representation of a free group can be distinguished from all non-equivalent representations by trace functions and by a single generalized trace function.

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