A SIMPLE FORMULA FOR THE CASSON–WALKER INVARIANT

DOI10.1142/S021821650900721XzbMATH Open1195.57033arXiv0811.0606OpenAlexW2162017043MaRDI QIDQ3397604FDOQ3397604

Sergei Vladimirovich Matveev, Michael Polyak

Publication date: 22 September 2009

Published in: Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Gauss diagram formulas are extensively used to study Vassiliev link invariants. Now we apply this approach to invariants of 3-manifolds, considering manifolds given by surgery on framed links in the 3-sphere. We study the lowest degree case - the celebrated Casson-Walker invariant of rational homology spheres. This paper is dedicated to a detailed treatment of 2-component links; a general case will be considered in a forthcoming paper. We present simple Gauss diagram formulas for the Casson-Walker invariant. This enables us to understand/separate its dependence on the unframed link and on the framings. We also obtain skein relations for the Casson-Walker invariant under crossing changes, and study its asymptotic behavior when framings tend to infinity. Finally, we present results of extensive computer calculations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0811.0606

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zbMATH Keywords

3-manifoldrational homology sphereGauss diagramCasson-Walker invariant

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