Dimension of character varieties for $3$-manifolds

Let $M$ be a $3$-manifold, compact with boundary and $Γ$ its fundamental group. Consider a complex reductive algebraic group G. The character variety $X(Γ,G)$ is the GIT quotient $\mathrm{Hom}(Γ,G)//G$ of the space of morphisms $Γ\to G$ by the natural action by conjugation of $G$. In the case $G=\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb C)$ this space has been thoroughly studied. Following work of Thurston, as presented by Culler-Shalen, we give a lower bound for the dimension of irreducible components of $X(Γ,G)$ in terms of the Euler characteristic $χ(M)$ of $M$, the number $t$ of torus boundary components of $M$, the dimension $d$ and the rank $r$ of $G$. Indeed, under mild assumptions on an irreducible component $X_0$ of $X(Γ,G)$, we prove the inequality $\mathrm{dim}(X_0)\geq t \cdot r - dχ(M).$

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