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Untwisting the twisted character variety via a stacky curve
Abstract
Given a smooth projective curve X over β, we show that the twisted character variety of X is equivalent to a component of the character variety of a stacky curve π³, constructed by adding an orbifold point to X. This allows to interpret the non abelian Hodge correspondence in degree d over X as a statement about the geometry of the Hodge moduli space of Ξ»-connections on π³. Following Shende's approach (see arXiv:1411.4975), we exploit this interpretation to compute the weights of the tautological classes on the cohomology of the twisted character variety, by replacing π³ with a simplicial scheme Ξπ³ obtained from a triangulation.
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BibTeX
@misc{borri2026untwisting,
title = {{Untwisting the twisted character variety via a stacky curve}},
author = {Anna Borri},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.24584},
eprint = {2609.24584},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.24584},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Untwisting the twisted character variety via a stacky curve
AU - Anna Borri
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/21
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.24584
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.24584
AB - Given a smooth projective curve X over β, we show that the twisted character variety of X is equivalent to a component of the character variety of a stacky curve π³, constructed by adding an orbifold point to X. This allows to interpret the non abelian Hodge correspondence in degree d over X as a statement about the geometry of the Hodge moduli space of Ξ»-connections on π³. Following Shende's approach (see arXiv:1411.4975), we exploit this interpretation to compute the weights of the tautological classes on the cohomology of the twisted character variety, by replacing π³ with a simplicial scheme Ξ_π³ obtained from a triangulation.
ER -