A remark on Schottky representations and Reidemeister torsion
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31489/2023m1/81-93Keywords:
Schottky representations, Reidemeister torsion, representation varieties, Atiyah-Bott-Goldman symplectic form, Thurston symplectic formAbstract
The present paper establishes a formula of Reidemeister torsion for Schottky representations. The theoretical results are applied to 3-manifolds with boundary consisting orientable surfaces with genus at least 2.