@article{5cc151ea9a494c59b6ecc0aa9c3c0c01,
title = "Ergodicity of mapping class group actions on representation varieties, I. Closed surfaces",
abstract = "We prove that the mapping class group of a closed surface acts ergodically on connected components of the representation variety corresponding to a connected compact Lie group.",
author = "Doug Pickrell and Xia, {Eugene Z.}",
note = "Copyright: Copyright 2005 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.",
year = "2002",
doi = "10.1007/s00014-002-8343-1",
language = "English",
volume = "77",
pages = "339--362",
journal = "Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici",
issn = "0010-2571",
publisher = "European Mathematical Society Publishing House",
number = "2",
}