Azumaya algebras and canonical components

Ted Chinburg, Alan W. Reid, Matthew Stover

Let $M$ be a compact 3-manifold and $\Gamma ={\pi }_1(M)$. Work of Thurston and Culler--Shalen established the ${\mathrm{SL}}_2(\mathbb{C})$ character variety $X(\Gamma )$ as fundamental tool in the…