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Simple Anosov representations of closed surface groups

Geometric Topology 2023-07-07 v1 Differential Geometry Dynamical Systems

Abstract

We introduce and study \emph{simple Anosov representations} of closed hyperbolic surface groups, analogous to Minsky's \emph{primitive stable representations} of free groups. We prove that the set of simple Anosov representations into SL(d,C)\mathrm{SL}(d,\mathbb{C}) with d4d \geqslant 4 strictly contains the set of Anosov representations. As a consequence, we construct domains of discontinuity for the mapping class group action on character varieties which contain non-discrete representations.

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@article{arxiv.2307.02934,
  title  = {Simple Anosov representations of closed surface groups},
  author = {Nicolas Tholozan and Tianqi Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.02934},
  year   = {2023}
}
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