2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/59404We 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.25 pages, 3 figuresDynamical SystemsRepresentation Theory22D40Ergodicity of Mapping Class Group Actions on Representation Varieties, I. Closed Surfacestext