On the P = W conjecture for $$SL_n$$ S L n

Abstract Let p be a prime number. We prove that the $$P=W$$ P = W...

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Main Authors: de Cataldo, Mark A., Maulik, Davesh, Shen, Junliang
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer International Publishing 2022
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/145826
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Summary:Abstract Let p be a prime number. We prove that the $$P=W$$ P = W conjecture for $$\mathrm {SL}_p$$ SL p is equivalent to the $$P=W$$ P = W conjecture for $$\mathrm {GL}_p$$ GL p . As a consequence, we verify the $$P=W$$ P = W conjecture for genus 2 and $$\mathrm {SL}_p$$ SL p . For the proof, we compute the perverse filtration and the weight filtration for the variant cohomology associated with the $$\mathrm {SL}_p$$ SL p -Hitchin moduli space and the $$\mathrm {SL}_p$$ SL p -twisted character variety, relying on Gröchenig–Wyss–Ziegler’s recent proof of the topological mirror conjecture by Hausel–Thaddeus. Finally we discuss obstructions of studying the cohomology of the $$\mathrm {SL}_n$$ SL n -Hitchin moduli space via compact hyper-Kähler manifolds.