Stratification of \mathrm{SU}(r)-character varieties of twisted Hopf links

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Authors Ángel González-Prieto, Marina Logares, Javier Martínez-Martínez, Vicente Muñoz

Publication date 10 March 2023

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Algebraic moduli problems, moduli of vector bundles (14D20) Character varieties (14M35) Invariants of 3-manifolds (including skein modules, character varieties) (57K31)

Abstract: We describe the geometry of the character variety of representations of the fundamental group of the complement of a Hopf link with $n$ twists, namely $Gamm{a}_n=langlex,y,|,[x^n,y]=1angle$ into the group $mathrmSU(r)$. For arbitrary rank, we provide geometric descriptions of the loci of irreducible and totally reducible representations. In the case $r=2$, we provide a complete geometric description of the character variety, proving that this $mathrmSU(2)$-character variety is a deformation retract of the larger $mathrmSL(2,mathbbC)$-character variety, as conjectured by Florentino and Lawton. In the case $r=3$, we also describe different strata of the $mathrmSU(3)$-character variety according to the semi-simple type of the representation.

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