A note on exceptional groups and Reidemeister torsion

Hezenci F., SÖZEN Y.

JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS, cilt.59, sa.8, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 59 Sayı: 8
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1063/1.5021318
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Let Sigma be a closed orientable surface of genus at least 2 and G be one of the exceptional groups G(2), F-4, and E-6. The present article considers the set Rep(Sigma, G) of G-valued representations from the fundamental group pi(1)(Sigma) of the surface Sigma to the exceptional group G. It proves that for such representations the notion of Reidemeister torsion is well-defined. It also establishes a formula for computing Reidemeister torsion of such representations in terms of the well-known symplectic structure on Rep(Sigma, G), namely, the Atiyah-Bott-Goldman symplectic form for the Lie group G. Moreover, it applies to G-valued Hitchin representations. Published by AIP Publishing.