Goldman's invariant-forms conjecture for compact-group character varieties

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Let GG be a compact group, let π\pi be the surface group of Σ\Sigma, and let Hom(π,G)/G\mathsf{Hom}(\pi,G)/G be its character variety. Write Ω(Hom(π,G)/G)\Omega^*(\mathsf{Hom}(\pi,G)/G) for the de Rham algebra of measurable differential forms, and let ωB\omega_\mathbb{B} denote the symplectic structures associated with invariant bilinear forms.

Invariant-forms conjecture. The symplectic structures ωB\omega_\mathbb{B} generate the subalgebra of Ω(Hom(π,G)/G)\Omega^*(\mathsf{Hom}(\pi,G)/G) consisting of ModΣ\mathsf{Mod}_{\Sigma}-invariant forms.

This conjecture extends the known ergodicity of the mapping class group action on compact-group character varieties by predicting that all invariant measurable differential forms are generated by the natural symplectic structures. Its resolution is not stated here.

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Primary source

William M. Goldman, “Mapping Class Group Dynamics on Surface Group Representations”, arXiv:math/0509114 (2006).

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