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Main Authors: Kenyon, Richard, Ovenhouse, Nicholas
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.10786
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author Kenyon, Richard
Ovenhouse, Nicholas
author_facet Kenyon, Richard
Ovenhouse, Nicholas
contents We study pairs of matrices $A,B\in GL_n({\mathbb C})$ such that the eigenvalues of $A$, of $B$ and of the product $AB$ are specified in advance. We show that the space of such pairs $(A,B)$ under simultaneous conjugation has dimension $(n-1)(n-2)$, and give an explicit parameterization. More generally let $Σ$ be a surface of genus $g$ with $k$ punctures. We find a parameterization of the space $Ω_{g,k,n}$ of flat $GL_n({\mathbb C})$-structures on $Σ$ whose holonomies around the punctures have prescribed eigenvalues. We show furthermore that, for $3\le k\le 2g+6$ (or $3\le k\le 9$ if $g=1$, or $3\le k$ if $g=0$), the space $Ω_{g,k,n}$ has an explicit symplectic structure and an associated Liouville integrable system, equivalent to a leaf of a Goncharov-Kenyon dimer integrable system.
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Kenyon, Richard
Ovenhouse, Nicholas
Combinatorics
05E10
We study pairs of matrices $A,B\in GL_n({\mathbb C})$ such that the eigenvalues of $A$, of $B$ and of the product $AB$ are specified in advance. We show that the space of such pairs $(A,B)$ under simultaneous conjugation has dimension $(n-1)(n-2)$, and give an explicit parameterization. More generally let $Σ$ be a surface of genus $g$ with $k$ punctures. We find a parameterization of the space $Ω_{g,k,n}$ of flat $GL_n({\mathbb C})$-structures on $Σ$ whose holonomies around the punctures have prescribed eigenvalues. We show furthermore that, for $3\le k\le 2g+6$ (or $3\le k\le 9$ if $g=1$, or $3\le k$ if $g=0$), the space $Ω_{g,k,n}$ has an explicit symplectic structure and an associated Liouville integrable system, equivalent to a leaf of a Goncharov-Kenyon dimer integrable system.
title Eigenvalues of matrix products
topic Combinatorics
05E10
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.10786