On representation varieties of 3-manifold groups
Geometric Topology
2017-06-14 v2 Algebraic Geometry
Group Theory
Abstract
We prove universality theorems ("Murphy's Laws") for representation schemes of fundamental groups of closed 3-dimensional manifolds. We show that germs of SL(2,C)-representation schemes of such groups are essentially the same as germs of schemes of over rational numbers.
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@article{arxiv.1303.2347,
title = {On representation varieties of 3-manifold groups},
author = {John J. Millson and Michael Kapovich},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.2347},
year = {2017}
}
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28 pages