Dubois torsion, A-polynomial and quantum invariants

DOI10.4171/QT/38zbMATH Open1278.57019arXiv1101.2695MaRDI QIDQ1948487FDOQ1948487

Authors: Joanna Kania-Bartoszyńska, Charles Frohman 

Publication date: 6 May 2013

Published in: Quantum Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: It is shown that for knots with a sufficiently regular character variety the Dubois' torsion detects the A-polynomial of the knot. A global formula for the integral of the Dubois torsion is given. The formula looks like the heat kernel regularization of the formula for the Witten-Reshetikhin-Turaev invariant of the double of the knot complement. The Dubois' torsion is recognized as the pushforward of a measure on the character variety of the double of the knot complement coming from the square root of Reidemeister torsion. This is used to motivate a conjecture about quantum invariants detecting the A-polynomial.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1101.2695

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zbMATH Keywords

Laplace's methodReidemeister torsionTuraev-Viro invariants

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Simple homotopy type, Whitehead torsion, Reidemeister-Franz torsion, etc. (57Q10)

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