English

Parametrization of PSL(2,C)-representations of surface groups

Geometric Topology 2013-05-06 v2

Abstract

For an oriented surface of genus g with b boundary components, we construct a rational map from a subset of C^{6g-6+3b} onto an open algebraic subset of the PSL(2,C)-character variety as an analogue of the Fenchel-Nielsen coordinates. After taking the quotient by an action of a finite group, we obtain a parametrization of a subset of the PSL(2,C)-character variety, and similarly for the SL(2,C)-character variety. We can systematically calculate a set of matrix generators by rational functions of the parameters. We give transformation formulae under elementary moves of pants decompositions.

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@article{arxiv.1110.6674,
  title  = {Parametrization of PSL(2,C)-representations of surface groups},
  author = {Yuichi Kabaya},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.6674},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

55 pages, 31 figures; minor corrections (no change in formulas), accepted for publication in Geometriae Dedicata