English

Invariants for links and 3-manifolds from the modular category with two simple objects

Geometric Topology 2023-10-03 v3

Abstract

We describe the simplest non-trivial modular category E\mathfrak{E} with two simple objects. Then we extract from this category the invariant for non-oriented links in 3-sphere and two invariants for 3-manifolds: the complex-valued Turaev - Reshetikhin type invariant trεtr_{\varepsilon} and the real-valued Turaev - Viro type invariant tvεtv_{\varepsilon}. These two invariants for 3-manifolds are related by the equality trε2(ε+2)=tvε|tr_{\varepsilon}|^2\cdot (\varepsilon + 2) = tv_{\varepsilon}, where ε\varepsilon is a root of the equation ε2=ε+1\varepsilon^2 = \varepsilon + 1. Finally, we show that tvεtv_{\varepsilon} coincides with the well-known ε\varepsilon invariant for 3-manifolds.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.2305.00733,
  title  = {Invariants for links and 3-manifolds from the modular category with two simple objects},
  author = {Philipp Korablev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.00733},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

28 pages, 38 figures, 22 bibliography items. In the current version, the introduction and bibliography have been expanded

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