Invariants of \(2 \times 2\) matrices, irreducible \(\mathbf{SL}(2,\mathbb C)\) characters and the Magnus trace map

DOI10.1007/s10711-006-9097-5zbMath1103.14025arXivmath/0603049OpenAlexW2066430670MaRDI QIDQ861681

Carlos A. A. Florentino

Publication date: 30 January 2007

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0603049

zbMATH Keywords

invariants of \(2 \times 2\) matricesrepresentations of finitely generated groups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ordinary representations and characters (20C15) Geometric invariant theory (14L24) Group actions on varieties or schemes (quotients) (14L30) Canonical forms, reductions, classification (15A21)

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Simultaneous similarity and triangularization of sets of 2 by 2 matrices, The topology of moduli spaces of free group representations, Algebraic independence in \(\mathrm{SL}(3, \mathbb C)\) character varieties of free groups, Rank 1 character varieties of finitely presented groups

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