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Martin Mereb

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arXiv2024

Counting stringy points on a family of character varieties

We provided explicit formulas for the number of stringy points over finite fields of parabolic type A character varieties with generic semisimple monodromy. This leads to formulas for their stringy E-polynomials. In particular, they satisfy the Betti Topological Mirror Symmetry Conjecture of T. Hausel and M. Thaddeus, as well as a refinement regarding isotypic components. Our proof is based on a Frobenius' type formula for Clifford's type settings and an analysis of it in a specific set-up related to regular wreath products with cyclic groups.

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arXiv2016

Arithmetic and representation theory of wild character varieties

We count points over a finite field on wild character varieties of Riemann surfaces for singularities with regular semisimple leading term. The new feature in our counting formulas is the appearance of characters of Yokonuma-Hecke algebras. Our result leads to the conjecture that the mixed Hodge polynomials of these character varieties agree with previously conjectured perverse Hodge polynomials of certain twisted parabolic Higgs moduli spaces, indicating the possibility of a P=W conjecture for a suitable wild Hitchin system.

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arXiv2010

On the E-polynomials of a family of Character Varieties

We compute the E-polynomials of a family of twisted character varieties by proving they have polynomial count, and applying a result of N. Katz on the counting functions. To compute the number of GF(q)-points of these varieties as a function of q, we used a formula of Frobenius. Our calculations made use of the character tables of Gl(n,q) and Sl(n,q), previously computed by J. A. Green and G. Lehrer, and a result of Hanlon on the Möbius function of a subposet of set-partitions. The Euler Characteristics of these character varieties are calculated with these polynomial.

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arXiv2008

Some consequences of Schanuel's Conjecture

During the Arizona Winter School 2008 (held in Tucson, AZ) we worked on the following problems: a) (Expanding a remark by S. Lang). Define $E_0 = \overline{\mathbb{Q}}$ Inductively, for $n \geq 1$, define $E_n$ as the algebraic closure of the field generated over $E_{n-1}$ by the numbers $\exp(x)=e^x$, where $x$ ranges over $E_{n-1}$. Let $E$ be the union of $E_n$, $n \geq 0$. Show that Schanuel's Conjecture implies that the numbers $π, \log π, \log \log π, \log \log \log π, \ldots $ are algebraically independent over $E$. b) Try to get a (conjectural) generalization involving the field $L$ defined as follows. Define $L_0 = \overline{\mathbb{Q}}$. Inductively, for $n \geq 1$, define $L_n$ as the algebraic closure of the field generated over $L_{n-1}$ by the numbers $y$, where $y$ ranges over the set of complex numbers such that $e^y\in L_{n-1}$. Let $L$ be the union of $L_n$, $n \geq 0$. We were able to prove that Schanuel's Conjecture implies $E$ and $L$ are linearly disjoint over $\overline{\mathbb{Q}}$.

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