Analytic theory of the Harish-Chandra C-function
by Cohn, Leslie
fromLecture notes in mathematics
by Cohn, Leslie
fromLecture notes in mathematics
The subject of these notes is the character variety of representations of a surface group in a Lie group. We emphasize the various points of view (combinatorial, differential, algebraic) and are interested in the description of its smooth points, symplectic structure, volume and…