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Pseudo-K\"ahler structure on the $\mathrm{SL}(3,\mathbb{R})$-Hitchin component and Goldman symplectic form

Differential Geometry 2025-05-07 v2 Symplectic Geometry

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to show the existence and give an explicit description of a pseudo-Riemannian metric and a symplectic form on the SL(3,R)\mathrm{S}\mathrm{L}(3,\mathbb{R})-Hitchin component, both compatible with Labourie and Loftin's complex structure. In particular, they give rise to a mapping class group invariant pseudo-K\"ahler structure on a neighborhood of the Fuchsian locus, which restricts to a multiple of the Weil-Petersson metric on Teichm\"uller space. By comparing our symplectic form with Goldman's ωG\boldsymbol{\omega}_G, we prove that the pair (ωG,I)(\boldsymbol{\omega}_G, \mathbf{I}) cannot define a K\"ahler structure on the Hitchin component.

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@article{arxiv.2306.02699,
  title  = {Pseudo-K\"ahler structure on the $\mathrm{SL}(3,\mathbb{R})$-Hitchin component and Goldman symplectic form},
  author = {Nicholas Rungi and Andrea Tamburelli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.02699},
  year   = {2025}
}

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Title and introduction changed. Added a result regarding Goldman symplectic form