Metabelian SL(n, C) representations of knot groups. II: Fixed points

DOI10.2140/PJM.2011.249.1zbMATH Open1218.57002arXiv0909.3654OpenAlexW2952884812MaRDI QIDQ618682FDOQ618682

Authors: Hans U. Boden, Stefan Friedl 

Publication date: 17 January 2011

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

Abstract: Given a knot K in an integral homology sphere with exterior N_K, there is a natural action of the cyclic group Z/n on the space of SL(n,C) representations of the knot group pi_1(N_K), and this induces an action on the SL(n,C) character variety. We identify the fixed points of this action in terms of characters of metabelian representations, and we apply this to show that the twisted Alexander polynomial associated to an irreducible metabelian SL(n,C) representation is actually a polynomial in t^n.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0909.3654

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zbMATH Keywords

fixed pointgroup actioncharacter varietyknot groupmetabelian representation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ordinary representations and characters (20C15)

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