Flat connection contribution to topology changing amplitudes in an ensemble of Seifert fibered homology spheres

DOI10.1007/BF02082934zbMath0889.53051OpenAlexW2021333162MaRDI QIDQ1910877

Vladimir N. Efremov

Publication date: 24 March 1996

Published in: International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02082934

zbMATH Keywords

cobordismflat connectionslens spacesChern-Simons invariantsSeifert homology spheretopology changing amplitudes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Sphere bundles and vector bundles in algebraic topology (55R25) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05)

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