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Quantum cyclotomic orders of 3-manifolds

Geometric Topology 2010-04-14 v4 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

This paper provides a topological interpretation for number theoretic properties of quantum invariants of 3-manifolds. In particular, it is shown that the p-adic valuation of the quantum SO(3)-invariant of a 3-manifold M, for odd primes p, is bounded below by a linear function of the mod p first betti number of M. Sharper bounds using more delicate topological invariants related to Massey products are given as well.

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@article{arxiv.math/9809129,
  title  = {Quantum cyclotomic orders of 3-manifolds},
  author = {Tim D. Cochran and Paul Melvin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9809129},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

Final version for publication (to appear in Topology). Only minor changes from the first posted version

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