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A Diagrammatic method for an invariant related to the Chern-Simons perturbation theory

Geometric Topology 2024-06-14 v1

Abstract

The defect d(M,ρ)d(M,\rho) is an invariant of a compact oriented 3-manifold MM with a representation ρ\rho of the fundamental group. In this article we give a diagrammatic method for dd of knot exteriors by using knot diagrams.

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@article{arxiv.2406.08937,
  title  = {A Diagrammatic method for an invariant related to the Chern-Simons perturbation theory},
  author = {Tatsuro Shimizu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.08937},
  year   = {2024}
}

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19 pages, 15 figures