The explicit mixed Hodge polynomial formula for character varieties of fixed type

Let C{\bf C} be a generic tuple of conjugacy classes of GLn(C)\operatorname{GL}_n(\mathbb{C}) of type ωTo{\bm\omega}\in\overline{{\mathbf{T}}}^{o}. Let ιk(ω)\iota^k({\bm\omega}) be the type obtained by applying the natural section ι\iota to each component, and let dCd_{\bf C} be the dimension parameter. Explicit character-variety formula. One has

IHc(MC;q,t)=(tq)dCHιk(ω)(1q,tq).IH_c({\mathcal{M}}_{\overline{{\bf C}}};q,t)=(t\sqrt q)^{d_{\bf C}}\mathbb{H}_{\iota^k({\bm\omega})}\left(-\frac{1}{\sqrt q},t\sqrt q\right).

Moreover,

PPc(MC;q)=qdC/2Hιk(ω)(0,q).PP_c({\mathcal{M}}_{\overline{{\bf C}}};q)=q^{d_{\bf C}/2}\mathbb{H}_{\iota^k({\bm\omega})}(0,\sqrt q).

The conjecture extends the corresponding semisimple formula and, together with the independence conjecture, is intended to determine the mixed Hodge numbers; the source gives no resolution status.

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Primary source

Emmanuel Letellier, “Character varieties with Zariski closures of GL_n-conjugacy classes at punctures”, arXiv:1309.7662 (2014).

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