The moduli of flat PU(p,p)-structures with large Toledo invariants

DOI10.1007/S002090100364MaRDI QIDQ697357zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Eyal Markman, Eugene Z. Xia

Publication date 17 September 2002

Published in Mathematische Zeitschrift (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0009203

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Algebraic moduli problems, moduli of vector bundles (14D20) Vector bundles on curves and their moduli (14H60) Complex-analytic moduli problems (32G13)

Abstract: For a compact Riemann surface $X$ of genus $g>1$, $Hom(p{i}_1(X),PU(p,q))/PU(p,q)$ is the moduli space of flat $PU(p,q)$-connections on $X$. There are two invariants, the Chern class $c$ and the Toledo invariant $au$ associated with each element in the moduli. The Toledo invariant is bounded in the range $-2min(p,q)(g-1)leaule2min(p,q)(g-1)$. This paper shows that the component, associated with a fixed $au>2(max(p,q)-1)(g-1)$ (resp. $au<-2(max(p,q)-1)(g-1)$) and a fixed Chern class $c$, is connected (The restriction on $au$ implies $p=q$).

Review text

For a compact Riemann surface \(X\) of genus \(g>1\), \(\text{Hom}(\pi_1(X),\text{PU}(p,q))/\text{PU}(p,q)\) is the moduli space of flat \(\text{PU}(p,q)\)-connections on \(X\). There are two invariants, the Chern class \(c\) and the Toledo invariant \(\tau\) associated with each element in the moduli. The Toledo invariant is bounded in the range \(-2\min(p,q)(g-1) \leq \tau \leq 2\min(p,q)(g-1)\). This paper shows that the component, associated with a fixed \(\tau>2(\max(p,q)-1)(g-1)\) (resp. \(\tau< -2(\max(p,q)-1)(g-1)\)) and a fixed Chern class \(c\), is connected. (The restriction on \(\tau\) implies \(p=q\)).

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