In this paper, we show how lax monoidal TQFTs can be used as an effective
computational method of the $K$-theory image of the Hodge structure of
representation varieties. In particular, we perform the calculation for
parabolic $\mathrm{SL}_2(\mathbb{C})$-representation varieties over a closed
orientable surface of arbitrary genus and any number of marked points with
holonomies of Jordan type. This technique is based on a building method of lax
monoidal TQFTs of physical inspiration that generalizes the construction of
Gonz\'alez-Prieto, Logares and Mu\~noz.
@article{1810.09714,
author = {Gonz\'alez-Prieto, \'Angel},
title = {Hodge theory of representation varieties via Topological Quantum Field
Theories},
journal = {arXiv},
volume = {2018},
number = {0},
year = {2018},
language = {en},
url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/1810.09714}
}
González-Prieto, Ángel. Hodge theory of representation varieties via Topological Quantum Field
Theories. arXiv, Tome 2018 (2018) no. 0, . http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/1810.09714/