Non-faithful representations of surface groups into SL(2,C) which kill no simple closed curve

preprint2014arXivOpen access

We give counterexamples to a version of the simple loop conjecture in which the target group is PSL(2,C). These examples answer a question of Minsky in the negative.

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Non-faithful representations of surface groups into SL(2,C) which kill no simple closed curve

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