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Main Authors: Bao, Allen, Chakraborty, Anunoy, Duncan, David L., Larson, Jordan, McBride, Kelson
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.11235
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author Bao, Allen
Chakraborty, Anunoy
Duncan, David L.
Larson, Jordan
McBride, Kelson
author_facet Bao, Allen
Chakraborty, Anunoy
Duncan, David L.
Larson, Jordan
McBride, Kelson
contents We investigate the $G$-representation varieties of right-angled Artin groups (RAAGs) for various Lie groups $G$. We show these varieties are connected for a large class of such $G$, including $\mathrm{SU}(n), \mathrm{Sp}(n)$ and $\mathrm{U}(n)$, while they are generally not connected for other large classes, such as $\mathrm{SO}(n)$ and $\mathrm{Spin}(n)$ for $n \geq 3$. When $G = \mathrm{SO}(3)$ we determine the number of connected components of the representation variety associated to any RAAG that is also a 3-manifold group.
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spellingShingle Representation varieties of RAAGs
Bao, Allen
Chakraborty, Anunoy
Duncan, David L.
Larson, Jordan
McBride, Kelson
Geometric Topology
We investigate the $G$-representation varieties of right-angled Artin groups (RAAGs) for various Lie groups $G$. We show these varieties are connected for a large class of such $G$, including $\mathrm{SU}(n), \mathrm{Sp}(n)$ and $\mathrm{U}(n)$, while they are generally not connected for other large classes, such as $\mathrm{SO}(n)$ and $\mathrm{Spin}(n)$ for $n \geq 3$. When $G = \mathrm{SO}(3)$ we determine the number of connected components of the representation variety associated to any RAAG that is also a 3-manifold group.
title Representation varieties of RAAGs
topic Geometric Topology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.11235