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Higgs bundles and representation spaces associated to morphisms
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Let $G$ be a connected reductive affine algebraic group defined over the complex numbers, and $K\,\subset\, G$ be a maximal compact subgroup. Let $X$, $Y$ be irreducible smooth complex projective varieties and $f\colon X\to Y$ an algebraic morphism, such that $\pi_1(Y)$ is virtually nilpotent and the homomorphism $f_*\colon \pi_1(X)\to\pi_1(Y)$ is surjective. Define \begin{align*} {\mathcal R }^f\big(\pi_1(X), G\big)= \{\rho \in \operatorname{Hom}\big(\pi_1(X), G\big) \mid A\circ\rho \ \text{ factors through }~ f_*\}\,,\\[6pt] {\mathcal R }^f\big(\pi_1(X), K\big)= \{\rho \in \operatorname{Hom}\big(\pi_1(X), K\big) \mid A\circ\rho \ \text{ factors through }~ f_*\}\,, \end{align*} where $A\colon G\to \operatorname{GL}(\operatorname{Lie}(G))$ is the adjoint action. We prove that the geometric invariant theoretic quotient ${\mathcal R }^f(\pi_1(X, x_0),\, G)/\!\!/G$ admits a deformation retraction to ${\mathcal R }^f(\pi_1(X, x_0),\, K)/K$. We also show that the space of conjugacy classes of $n$ almost commuting elements in $G$ admits a deformation retraction to the space of conjugacy classes of $n$ almost commuting elements in $K$.
Let $G$ be a connected reductive affine algebraic group defined over the complex numbers, and $K\,\subset\, G$ be a maximal compact subgroup. Let $X$, $Y$ be irreducible smooth complex projective varieties and $f\colon X\to Y$ an algebraic morphism, such that $\pi_1(Y)$ is virtually nilpotent and the homomorphism $f_*\colon \pi_1(X)\to\pi_1(Y)$ is surjective. Define \begin{align*} {\mathcal R }^f\big(\pi_1(X), G\big)= \{\rho \in \operatorname{Hom}\big(\pi_1(X), G\big) \mid A\circ\rho \ \text{ factors through }~ f_*\}\,,\\[6pt] {\mathcal R }^f\big(\pi_1(X), K\big)= \{\rho \in \operatorname{Hom}\big(\pi_1(X), K\big) \mid A\circ\rho \ \text{ factors through }~ f_*\}\,, \end{align*} where $A\colon G\to \operatorname{GL}(\operatorname{Lie}(G))$ is the adjoint action. We prove that the geometric invariant theoretic quotient ${\mathcal R }^f(\pi_1(X, x_0),\, G)/\!\!/G$ admits a deformation retraction to ${\mathcal R }^f(\pi_1(X, x_0),\, K)/K$. We also show that the space of conjugacy classes of $n$ almost commuting elements in $G$ admits a deformation retraction to the space of conjugacy classes of $n$ almost commuting elements in $K$.
DOI : 10.5817/AM2015-4-191
Classification : 14J60
Keywords: Higgs bundle; flat connection; representation space; deformation retraction 
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Biswas, Indranil; Florentino, Carlos. Higgs bundles and representation spaces associated to morphisms. Archivum mathematicum, Tome 51 (2015) no. 4, pp. 191-199. doi: 10.5817/AM2015-4-191

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