Abstract (EN):
We use Higgs bundles to answer the following question: When can a maximal Sp (4, R)-representation of a surface group be deformed to a representation which factors through a proper reductive subgroup of Sp (4, R)?
Language:
English
Type (Professor's evaluation):
Scientific
Contact:
bradlow@math.uiuc.edu; oscar.garcia-prada@icmat.es; pbgothen@fc.up.pt
No. of pages:
49