Para-complex geometry and cyclic Higgs bundles

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Autori principali: Rungi, Nicholas, Tamburelli, Andrea
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author Rungi, Nicholas
Tamburelli, Andrea
author_facet Rungi, Nicholas
Tamburelli, Andrea
contents We introduce para-complex and pseudo-Riemannian geometric methods for the study of representations of surface groups in $\mathrm{SL}(2m+1,\mathbb{R})$. For $m=1$ our techniques allow to recover several known results for Hitchin representations without any reference to convex projective geometry or hyperbolic affine spheres. In particular, we describe analytically the Guichard-Wienhard domain of discontinuity in the flag variety and the corresponding concave foliated flag structure of Nolte-Riestenberg. In higher rank, we obtain a one-to-one correspondence between stable cyclic $\mathrm{SL}(2m+1,\mathbb{R})$-Higgs bundles (not necessarily in the Hitchin component) and a special class of surfaces, which we call isotropic $\mathbf{P}$-alternating, in the para-complex hyperbolic space $\mathbb{H}^{2m}_τ$. As a result, we give a geometric interpretation to the holomorphic differential $q_{2m+1}$ in the Hitchin base in terms of harmonic sequences for immersions in para-complex manifolds.
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spellingShingle Para-complex geometry and cyclic Higgs bundles
Rungi, Nicholas
Tamburelli, Andrea
Differential Geometry
Geometric Topology
We introduce para-complex and pseudo-Riemannian geometric methods for the study of representations of surface groups in $\mathrm{SL}(2m+1,\mathbb{R})$. For $m=1$ our techniques allow to recover several known results for Hitchin representations without any reference to convex projective geometry or hyperbolic affine spheres. In particular, we describe analytically the Guichard-Wienhard domain of discontinuity in the flag variety and the corresponding concave foliated flag structure of Nolte-Riestenberg. In higher rank, we obtain a one-to-one correspondence between stable cyclic $\mathrm{SL}(2m+1,\mathbb{R})$-Higgs bundles (not necessarily in the Hitchin component) and a special class of surfaces, which we call isotropic $\mathbf{P}$-alternating, in the para-complex hyperbolic space $\mathbb{H}^{2m}_τ$. As a result, we give a geometric interpretation to the holomorphic differential $q_{2m+1}$ in the Hitchin base in terms of harmonic sequences for immersions in para-complex manifolds.
title Para-complex geometry and cyclic Higgs bundles
topic Differential Geometry
Geometric Topology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.01615