Winding numbers and SU(2)-representations of knot groups

arXiv0706.0957MaRDI QIDQ6205841FDOQ6205841

Authors: Dylan Bowden, James Howie 

Publication date: 7 June 2007

Abstract: Given an abelian group $A$ and a Lie group $G$, we construct a bilinear pairing from $Aimesp{i}_1(mathcalR)$ to $p{i}_1(G)$, where $mathcalR$ is a subvariety of the variety of representations $AoG$. In the case where $A$ is the peripheral subgroup of a torus or two-bridge knot group, $G=S^1$ and $mathcalR$ is a certain variety of representations arising from suitable SU(2)-representations of the knot group, we show that this pairing is not identically zero. We discuss the consequences of this result for the SU(2)-representations of fundamental groups of manifolds obtained by Dehn surgery on such knots.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Representation theory for linear algebraic groups (20G05)

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