Fuchsian groups, finite simple groups and representation varieties
Fuchsian groups, finite simple groups and representation varieties
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Fuchsian 群、有限单群和表示簇
DOI:
10.1007/s00222-004-0390-3
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发表时间:
2005
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
A. Shalev
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作者:
M. Liebeck;A. Shalev
Let Γ be a Fuchsian group of genus at least 2 (at least 3 if Γ is non-oriented). We study the spaces of homomorphisms from Γ to finite simple groups G, and derive a number of applications concerning random generation and representation varieties. Precise asymptotic estimates for |Hom(Γ,G)| are given, implying in particular that as the rank of G tends to infinity, this is of the form |G|μ(Γ)+1+o(1), where μ(Γ) is the measure of Γ. We then prove that a randomly chosen homomorphism from Γ to G is surjective with probability tending to 1 as |G|→∞. Combining our results with Lang-Weil estimates from algebraic geometry, we obtain the dimensions of the representation varieties $\text{Hom}(\Gamma,\bar G)$, where $\bar G$ is GLn(K) or a simple algebraic group over K, an algebraically closed field of arbitrary characteristic. A key ingredient of our approach is character theory, involving the study of the ‘zeta function’ ζG(s)=∑χ(1)-s, where the sum is over all irreducible complex characters χ of G.