We show that for any integers n > 3 and 1 <= d <= n-3, there exist Montesinos knots with n tangles whose SL2(C)-character varieties have arbitrarily many irreducible components of dimension d. Moreover, these irreducible components can be chosen so that the trace of the meridian is non-constant.
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King Fahd Univ Petr & Minerals, Dept Math & Stat, Dhahran 31261, Saudi ArabiaKing Fahd Univ Petr & Minerals, Dept Math & Stat, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia