51 citations · 104 across the 3 of their papers we have counts for
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math.GN2008★ 51 cited
The topology of moduli spaces of free group representations
Carlos Florentino, Sean Lawton
For any complex affine reductive group G and a fixed choice of maximal compact subgroup K, we show that the G-character variety of a free group strongly deformation retracts to the…
math.AG2007★ 24 cited
Minimal Affine Coordinates for SL(3,C) Character Varieties of Free Groups
Sean Lawton
Let X be the moduli of SL(3,C) representations of a rank r free group. In this paper we determine minimal generators of the coordinate ring of X. This at once gives explicit global…
math.SG2007★ 29 cited
Poisson Geometry of SL(3,C)-Character Varieties Relative to a Surface with Boundary
Sean Lawton
The SL(3,C)-representation variety R of a free group F arises naturally by considering surface group representations for a surface with boundary. There is a SL(3,C)-action on the c…