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