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Euler continuants in noncommutative quasi-Poisson geometry

Representation Theory 2022-10-12 v3 Quantum Algebra Symplectic Geometry

Abstract

It was established by Boalch that Euler continuants arise as Lie group valued moment maps for a class of wild character varieties described as moduli spaces of points on P1\mathbb{P}^1 by Sibuya. Furthermore, Boalch noticed that these varieties are multiplicative analogues of certain Nakajima quiver varieties originally introduced by Calabi, which are attached to the quiver Γn\Gamma_n on two vertices and nn equioriented arrows. In this article, we go a step further by unveiling that the Sibuya varieties can be understood using noncommutative quasi-Poisson geometry modeled on the quiver Γn\Gamma_n. We prove that the Poisson structure carried by these varieties is induced, via the Kontsevich-Rosenberg principle, by an explicit Hamiltonian double quasi-Poisson algebra defined at the level of the quiver Γn\Gamma_n such that its noncommutative multiplicative moment map is given in terms of Euler continuants. This result generalises the Hamiltonian double quasi-Poisson algebra associated with the quiver Γ1\Gamma_1 by Van den Bergh. Moreover, using the method of fusion, we prove that the Hamiltonian double quasi-Poisson algebra attached to Γn\Gamma_n admits a factorisation in terms of nn copies of the algebra attached to Γ1\Gamma_1.

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@article{arxiv.2105.04858,
  title  = {Euler continuants in noncommutative quasi-Poisson geometry},
  author = {Maxime Fairon and David Fernández},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.04858},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

51 pages, 1 figure. v3: Subsection 5.6 added + minor changes. Accepted version

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