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Refined Dijkgraaf-Witten invariant of spin 3-manifold

Geometric Topology 2023-05-23 v1

Abstract

We give a construction of a state sum invariant of a closed spin 3-manifold based on a super 3-cocycle (α~,ω)(\widetilde{\alpha}, \omega) and a combinatorial representation of a spin 3-manifold, where ω\omega is a Z2\mathbb{Z}_2-valued cocycle and α~\widetilde{\alpha} is a 3-cochain satisfying a 3-cocycle condition with a sign coming from the 2-cocycle ω\omega. The definition of the invariant is similar to the state sum construction of the Dijkgraaf-Witten invariant, except it uses the spin structure to take care of the sign in the 3-cocycle condition. We also give an example of the invariant and see that it is sensitive to the spin structure.

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@article{arxiv.2305.12440,
  title  = {Refined Dijkgraaf-Witten invariant of spin 3-manifold},
  author = {Serban Matei Mihalache},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.12440},
  year   = {2023}
}

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