Labourie's vector-bundle conjecture for Hitchin components

Let SS be a closed surface of genus gg, let M(S)\mathcal{M}(S) be its moduli space of Riemann surfaces, and let TH(S,PSL(n,R))\mathcal{T}_H(S,\operatorname{PSL}(n,\mathbf{R})) be the Hitchin component. For a chosen conformal structure, Hitchin's parametrization identifies it with holomorphic differentials, and the mapping class group acts on the component.

Labourie's conjecture. The quotient of TH(S,PSL(n,R))\mathcal{T}_H(S,\operatorname{PSL}(n,\mathbf{R})) by the mapping class group is a holomorphic vector bundle over M(S)\mathcal{M}(S), with fiber equal to

i=3nH0(S,Ki).\sum_{i=3}^{n} H^0(S,K^{i}).

The conjecture refines the relation between Hitchin components and moduli spaces of Riemann surfaces. The source attributes it to Labourie and does not state a resolution.

Sources & referencesView supporting material

Primary source

Anna Wienhard, “An invitation to higher Teichmüller theory”, arXiv:1803.06870 (2018).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2010–2018). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1004.2894.

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