arXiv research

The paper verifies predictions about algebraically hyperbolic varieties and their maps.

Proves algebraicity of maps to hyperbolic varieties using specialization techniques.

Proves non-hyperbolicity of symplectic varieties with specific properties.

The paper connects hyperbolic Dehn surgery and Higgs bundles to construct model objects in representation varieties.

Study character varieties of arborescent knots and hyperbolic knots.

Study character varieties of hyperbolic 3-manifolds using bundle methods.

3D hyperbolic manifolds map one-to-one to their boundary character varieties.

Let X be a projective variety which is algebraic Lang hyperbolic. We show that Lang's conjecture holds (one direction only): X and all its subvarieties are of general type and the canonical divisor K_X is ample at smooth points and Kawamata log terminal points of X, provided that K_X is Q-Cartier, no Calabi-Yau variety…

Study of special elliptic isometries and their lengths in complex hyperbolic plane.

Proves freely 2-periodic knots have two canonical components in their character variety.

The paper finds lower bounds on hyperbolic 3-manifold volumes.

It has been an open question whether all boundary slopes of hyperbolic knots are strongly detected by the character variety. The main result of this paper produces an infinite family of hyperbolic knots each of which has at least one strict boundary slope that is not strongly detected by the character variety.

In this paper, we study the $SL_2(\mathbb{C})$ character variety of a hyperbolic link in $S^3$. We analyze a special smooth projective variety $Y^h$ arising from some 1-dimensional irreducible slices on the character variety. We prove that a natural symbol obtained from these 1-dimensional slices is a torsion in $K_2({…

Study of twisted $L^2$-torsion on 3-manifold character varieties.

The paper explores anti-hyperbolicity for hyperkähler varieties.

Study character varieties of a Coxeter group in hyperbolic and Anti-de Sitter spaces.

It is proved that the Hasse-Weil zeta functions of the canonical components of the ${\rm SL}_2$ (${\rm PSL}_2$)-character varieties of closed orientable complete hyperbolic $3$-manifolds of finite volume are equal to the Dedekind zeta functions of their trace fields (invariant trace fields). When the closed $3$-manifol…

The paper explores anomalous subvarieties in hyperbolic 3-manifolds and their geometric implications.

Computes dimensions of representation and character varieties for 2 and 3-dimensional orbifolds.

Authors determine the SL(2,C) character variety of a specific knot without computer aid.

We study character varieties of symmetric knots and their reductions mod p. We observe that the varieties present a different behaviour according to whether the knots admit a free or periodic symmetry.

This is a survey on Reidemeister torsion for hyperbolic three-manifolds of finite volume. Torsions are viewed as topological invariants and also as functions on the variety of representations in $\operatorname{ SL}_2(\mathbb C)$. In both cases, the torsions may also be computed after composing with finite dimensional r…

Given a hyperbolic knot $K$ and any $n\geq 2$ the abelian representations and the holonomy representation each give rise to an $(n-1)$-dimensional component in the $\operatorname{SL}(n,\Bbb{C})$-character variety. A component of the $\operatorname{SL}(n,\Bbb{C})$-character variety of dimension $\geq n$ is called high-d…

We study the Gauss map and the dual variety of a real-analytic immersion of a connected compact real-analytic manifold into a sphere or into a hyperbolic space. The dual variety is defined to be the set of all normal directions of the immersion. First, we show that the image of the Gauss map characterizes the manifold.…

The paper studies mapping class group actions on character varieties of surfaces.

Study Riemannian geometry of maximal surface group representations in pseudo-hyperbolic space.

We prove that any Bonahon-Siebenmann family of Conway spheres for a hyperbolic link is associated to an ideal point of the character variety of the link.

We describe relations between hyperbolic geometry and codimension two knots or, more exactly, between varieties of conjugacy classes of discrete faithful representations of the fundamental groups of hyperbolic n-manifolds M into $\operatorname{SO}^{\circ} (n+2,1)$ and (n-1)-dimensional knots in the (n+1)-sphere. This a…

Let $Γ$ be a nonuniform lattice acting on real hyperbolic n-space. We show that in dimension greater than or equal to 4, the volume of a representation is constant on each connected component of the representation variety of $Γ$ in SO(n,1). Furthermore, in dimensions 2 and 3, there is a semialgebraic subset of the repr…

Given a finite volume hyperbolic 3-manifold, we compose a lift of the holonomy in SL(2,C) with the n-dimensional irreducible representation of SL(2,C) in SL(n,C). In this paper we give local coordinates of the SL(n,C)-character variety around this representation. As a corollary, this representation is isolated among al…

The paper connects Chern-Simons invariants to mixed Tate motives in hyperbolic 3-manifolds.

The space AH(M) of marked hyperbolic 3-manifold homotopy equivalent to a compact 3-manifold with boundary M sits inside the PSL_2(C)-character variety X(M) of π_1(M). We study the dynamics of the action of Out(π_1(M)) on both AH(M) and X(M). The nature of the dynamics reflects the topology of M. The quotient AI(M)=AH(M…

Let M be a cusped 3-manifold, and let T be an ideal triangulation of M. The deformation variety D(T), a subset of which parameterises (incomplete) hyperbolic structures obtained on M using T, is defined and compactified by adding certain projective classes of transversely measured singular codimension-one foliations of…

The paper proves geometrical finiteness for automorphism groups of K3 surfaces and related varieties.

New topological criterion extends arithmetic invariants in hyperbolic 3-manifolds.

Culler and Shalen, and later Yoshida, give ways to construct incompressible surfaces in 3-manifolds from ideal points of the character and deformation varieties, respectively. We work in the case of hyperbolic punctured torus bundles, for which the incompressible surfaces were classified by Floyd and Hatcher. We conver…

Study on non-orientable hyperbolic 3-manifolds and their deformations.

New method for knot group representations without polyhedral decompositions.

Detecting closed essential surfaces in 3-manifolds is challenging.

We consider the relationship between hyperbolic cone-manifold structures on surfaces, and algebraic representations of the fundamental group into a group of isometries. A hyperbolic cone-manifold structure on a surface, with all interior cone angles being integer multiples of $2π$, determines a holonomy representation …

Study of quaternion Azumaya algebras in hyperbolic once-punctured torus bundles.

Let M be an orientable, cusped hyperbolic 3-manifold of finite volume. We show that the restriction map from a Dehn surgery component in the PSL(2,C)-character variety of M to the character variety of the boundary of M is a birational isomorphism onto its image. This generalises a result by Nathan Dunfield. A key step …

We study the variety of actions of a fixed (Chevalley) group on arbitrary geodesic, Gromov hyperbolic spaces. In high rank we obtain a complete classification. In rank one, we obtain some partial results and give a conjectural picture.

Extends classification of hyperbolic Dehn fillings in quadratic fields.

We describe a family of hyperbolic knots whose character variety contain exactly two distinct components of characters of irreducible representations. The intersection points between the components carry rich topological information. In particular, these points are non-integral and detect the Seifert surface.

Characterizes Anosov reducible representations in terms of eigenvalues.

In this paper we define the Reidemeister torsion as a rational function on the geometric components of the character variety of a one-cusped hyperbolic manifold M. We study its poles and zeros, and we deduce sufficient conditions on the manifold M for this function being non-constant.

Study on hyperbolic knotoids, proving their volumes add and providing tables.