The integrality conjecture for character varieties

Let g,dZ1g,d\in\mathbb{Z}_{\geq 1}, let Σg\Sigma_g be a genus-gg surface, and let Repd(Σg)\operatorname{Rep}_d(\Sigma_g) denote the stack of dd-dimensional representations of its fundamental group. Let Repdζ(Σg)\overline{\operatorname{Rep}}_d^{\operatorname{\zeta}}(\Sigma_g) be the smooth quasiprojective variety of twisted representations modulo PGLd\operatorname{PGL}_d, and let L\mathbb{L} denote the Lefschetz mixed Hodge structure. Then the following holds as an isomorphism of N\mathbb{N}-graded mixed Hodge structures:

The integrality conjecture.

dNHc(Repd(Σg),Q)L(1g)n2Sym(d1Hc(Repdζ(Σg),Q)Hc(pt/C,Q)L(1g)n2).\bigoplus_{d\in\mathbb{N}}\operatorname{H}_c\left(\operatorname{Rep}_d(\Sigma_g),\mathbb{Q}\right)\otimes\mathbb{L}^{\otimes(1-g)n^2}\cong \operatorname{Sym}\left(\bigoplus_{d\geq 1}\operatorname{H}_c\left(\overline{\operatorname{Rep}}_d^{\operatorname{\zeta}}(\Sigma_g),\mathbb{Q}\right)\otimes \operatorname{H}_c(\operatorname{pt}/\mathbb{C}^*,\mathbb{Q})\otimes\mathbb{L}^{\otimes(1-g)n^2}\right).

This is the integrality conjecture attributed in the source to; it predicts that the compactly supported cohomology of the character stacks is freely generated, in the symmetric-algebra sense, by the cohomology of the twisted character varieties together with the cohomology of pt/C\operatorname{pt}/\mathbb{C}^*. The formula is known in genus one in the form described immediately before the conjecture, while the general case is presented as conjectural.

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Ben Davison, “The integrality conjecture and the cohomology of preprojective stacks”, arXiv:1602.02110 (2022).

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