Local surgery formulas for quantum invariants and the Arf invariant
Geometric Topology
2007-05-23 v1 Algebraic Topology
Abstract
A formula for the Arf invariant of a link is given in terms of the singularities of an immersed surface bounded by the link. This is applied to study the computational complexity of quantum invariants of 3--manifolds.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/0410358,
title = {Local surgery formulas for quantum invariants and the Arf invariant},
author = {Robion Kirby and Paul Melvin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0410358},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Published by Geometry and Topology Monographs at http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/gt/GTMon7/paper9.abs.html