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Twisted Blanchfield pairings and symmetric chain complexes

Geometric Topology 2016-09-13 v3 Algebraic Topology

Abstract

We define the twisted Blanchfield pairing of a symmetric triad of chain complexes over a group ring Z[G], together with a unitary representation of G over an Ore domain with involution. We prove that the pairing is sesquilinear, and we prove that it is hermitian and nonsingular under certain extra conditions. A twisted Blanchfield pairing is then associated to a 3-manifold together with a decomposition of its boundary into two pieces and a unitary representation of its fundamental group.

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@article{arxiv.1605.06800,
  title  = {Twisted Blanchfield pairings and symmetric chain complexes},
  author = {Mark Powell},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.06800},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

26 pages. Version 2: the introduction has been rewritten and a new application has been added in the final section. To appear in Quarterly Journal of Math

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