Quantum invariants of flat 2-bundles over 3-manifolds
Geometric Topology
2026-05-22 v1 Quantum Algebra
Abstract
We construct a scalar invariant of flat principal 2-bundles over 3-manifolds, with structure 2-group , from an involutory Hopf algebra graded by . Expressing in terms of a crossed module and using the classification of such 2-bundles via the classifying space , this amounts to constructing a homotopy invariant of maps from 3-manifolds to . The construction of the invariant relies on a combinatorial description of such maps by -colored Heegaard diagrams. When the corresponding map to is nullhomotopic or, equivalently, when the associated flat principal -bundle is trivializable, the invariant reduces to the Kuperberg invariant of the underlying 3-manifold.
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@article{arxiv.2605.22405,
title = {Quantum invariants of flat 2-bundles over 3-manifolds},
author = {Kursat Sozer and Alexis Virelizier},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.22405},
year = {2026}
}
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