Ideal points of character varieties, algebraic non-integral representations, and undetected closed essential surfaces in 3–manifolds

DOI10.1090/PROC/14684zbMATH Open1436.57021arXiv1808.02535OpenAlexW3002938843WikidataQ126301418 ScholiaQ126301418MaRDI QIDQ5221368FDOQ5221368

Authors: Alex Casella, Charles Katerba, Stephan Tillmann 

Publication date: 25 March 2020

Published in: Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Closed essential surfaces in a three-manifold can be detected by ideal points of the character variety or by algebraic non-integral representations. We give examples of closed essential surfaces not detected in either of these ways. For ideal points, we use Chesebro's module-theoretic interpretation of Culler-Shalen theory. As a corollary, we construct an infinite family of closed hyperbolic Haken 3-manifolds with no algebraic non-integral representations into PSL(2, C), resolving a question of Shanuel and Zhang.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.02535

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zbMATH Keywords

character varietyvaluationessential surfaceideal pointsalgebraic non-integral representation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50) Invariants of 3-manifolds (including skein modules, character varieties) (57K31) General topology of 3-manifolds (57K30)

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Uses Software

• Macaulay2
• SnapPy
• hikmot

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