Bloch invariants of hyperbolic \(3\)-manifolds (Q1974877)

Let \(M\) be an oriented hyperbolic 3-manifold of finite volume. It is known that \(M\) has a degree-one ideal triangulation by ideal simplices \(\Delta_1,\dots, \Delta_n\). Let \(z_I\) be the parameter of the ideal simplex \(\Delta_i\) for each \(i\). Let \(\beta(M)= \sum_{I=1}^n|z_I|\) in the pre-Bloch group. It is shown that \(\beta(M)\) can be defined without reference to the ideal decomposition, so that it depends only on \(M\). Moreover, it lies in the Bloch group. \(\beta(M)\) is further described and some relations with Chern-Simons invariants are obtained.