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Reidemeister torsion
form on character varieties
Léo Bénard |
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Algebraic & Geometric Topology 20 (2020) 2821–2884
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DOI: 10.2140/agt.2020.20.2821
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Abstract |
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We define the adjoint Reidemeister torsion as a differential form on the character variety of a compact oriented –manifold with toral boundary, and prove it defines a rational volume form. Then we show that the torsion form has poles only at singular points of the character variety. In fact, if the singular point corresponds to a reducible character, we show that the torsion has no pole under a generic hypothesis on the Alexander polynomial; otherwise, we relate the order of the pole with the type of singularity. Finally we consider the ideal points added after compactification of the character variety. We bound the vanishing order of the torsion by the Euler characteristic of an essential surface associated to the ideal point by the Culler–Shalen theory. As a corollary we obtain an unexpected relation between the topology of those surfaces and the topology of the character variety. |
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Keywords
Reidemeister torsion, character varieties, $3$–manifolds,
Culler–Shalen theory
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Mathematical Subject Classification 2010
Primary: 57M25
Secondary: 57M27
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References |
Publication
Received: 6 August 2018
Revised: 18 December 2019
Accepted: 20 January 2020
Published: 8 December 2020
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Authors |
| Léo Bénard | |
| Mathematisches Institut Georg-August Unversität Göttingen Germany |
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