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A combinatorial invariant for Spherical CR structures

Geometric Topology 2014-12-25 v1 K-Theory and Homology

Abstract

We study a cross-ratio of four generic points of S3S^3 which comes from spherical CR geometry. We construct a homomorphism from a certain group generated by generic configurations of four points in S3S^3 to the pre-Bloch group P(\C)\mathcal {P}(\C). If MM is a 33-dimensional spherical CR manifold with a CR triangulation, by our homomorphism, we get a P(\C)\mathcal {P}(\C)-valued invariant for MM. We show that when applying to it the Bloch-Wigner function, it is zero. Under some conditions on MM, we show the invariant lies in the Bloch group B(k)\mathcal B(k), where kk is the field generated by the cross-ratio. For a CR triangulation of Whitehead link complement, we show its invariant is a non-trivial torsion in B(k)\mathcal B(k).

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@article{arxiv.1007.5228,
  title  = {A combinatorial invariant for Spherical CR structures},
  author = {Elisha Falbel and Qingxue Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1007.5228},
  year   = {2014}
}

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31 pages, 1 figure

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