The topology of Baumslag-Solitar representations

Maxime Bergeron, Lior Silberman

Let $\Gamma =⟨a,b|a{b}^p{a}^{-1}=b^q⟩$ be a Baumslag--Solitar group and $G$ be a complex reductive algebraic group with maximal compact subgroup $K<G$. We show that, w…