Topological components of spaces of representations

The Self-Duality Equations on a Riemann Surface

Nigel Hitchin · Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society · 1987 · 1.8K citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Geometry +13

The symplectic nature of fundamental groups of surfaces

William M. Goldman · Advances in Mathematics · 1984 · 766 citations

Natural Sciences, Astronomy, Surface Science +11

Varieties of Group Representations and Splittings of 3-Manifolds

Marc Culler, Peter B. Shalen · Annals of Mathematics · 1983 · 659 citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Representation Theory +9

Invariant functions on Lie groups and Hamiltonian flows of surface group representations

William M. Goldman · Inventiones mathematicae · 1986 · 492 citations

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Dynamical Systems +15

On the existence of a connection with curvature zero

John Milnor · Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici · 1958 · 398 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Physics +12