This is an workshop on connected components of character varieties for young researchers. Talk topics are chosen with an emphasis on interactions with higher Teichmüller theory, e.g. Higgs bundles and positivity. The format is inspired log cabin GEAR workshops: speakers give expository 2.5 hour talks on assigned topics.
Organizers: François Labourie, Alex Nolte, Max Riestenberg, Suzanne Schlich
Participants:
Antoine Ablondi
Jacques Audibert
Samuel Bronstein
David Chasteen-Boyd
Colin Davalo
Farid Diaf
Enya Hsiao
Xenia Flamm
Clarence Kineider
Laura Lankers
Timothe Lemistre
Joaquín Leitreger
Arnaud Maret
Alex Moriani
Merik Niemeyer
Nicholas Rungi
Nathaniel Sagman
Rym Smai
Jiajun Shi
Enrico Trebeschi
Romeo Troubat
Zach Virgillio (over zoom)
Junming Zhang
Funding:
This workshop is funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under ERC-advanced grant project No. 101095722 — AnSur.