arXiv · 2505.06830
New systems of log-canonical coordinates on $SL(2, \mathbb{C})$ character varieties of compact Riemann surfaces
Abstract
We construct new sets of log-canonical coordinates on the $SL(2, \mathbb{C})$ character variety of compact Riemann surfaces. These are labelled by families of $1\leq m\leq 3g-3$ non-intersecting simple loops on the Riemann surface and are obtained by combining the complexified shear-type with length/twist-type coordinates. In the case $m=3g-3$ the loops define a trinion decomposition of the Riemann surface, and our coordinates are closely related to the (complexified) Fenchel-Nielsen ones.
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Marco Bertola, Dmitry Korotkin, Jordi Pillet. 2025-05-11. New systems of log-canonical coordinates on $SL(2, \mathbb{C})$ character varieties of compact Riemann surfaces. https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.06830
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