E-polynomials of the SL(2, C)-character varieties of surface groups

We compute the E-polynomials of the moduli spaces of representations of the fundamental group of a once-punctured surface of any genus into SL(2, C), for any possible holonomy around the puncture. We follow the geometric technique introduced in [12], based on stratifying the space of representations...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Martinez, Javier; Muñoz, Vicente
Format: Article
Publication date:2016
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repository:Docta Complutense
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/24547
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/24547
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:512.7
Moduli spaces
E-polynomial
Character variety
Surface group.
Geometria algebraica
1201.01 Geometría Algebraica
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Summary:We compute the E-polynomials of the moduli spaces of representations of the fundamental group of a once-punctured surface of any genus into SL(2, C), for any possible holonomy around the puncture. We follow the geometric technique introduced in [12], based on stratifying the space of representations, and on the analysis of the behavior of the E-polynomial under fibrations.