A combinatorial invariant for spherical CR structures

DOI10.4310/AJM.2013.V17.N3.A1zbMATH Open1296.57013arXiv1007.5228OpenAlexW2964081853MaRDI QIDQ383701FDOQ383701

Authors: Elisha Falbel, Qingxue Wang 

Publication date: 5 December 2013

Published in: The Asian Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study a cross-ratio of four generic points of $S^3$ which comes from spherical CR geometry. We construct a homomorphism from a certain group generated by generic configurations of four points in $S^3$ to the pre-Bloch group $mathcalP(C)$. If $M$ is a $3$-dimensional spherical CR manifold with a CR triangulation, by our homomorphism, we get a $mathcalP(C)$-valued invariant for $M$. We show that when applying to it the Bloch-Wigner function, it is zero. Under some conditions on $M$, we show the invariant lies in the Bloch group $mathcalB(k)$, where $k$ is the field generated by the cross-ratio. For a CR triangulation of Whitehead link complement, we show its invariant is a non-trivial torsion in $mathcalB(k)$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1007.5228

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zbMATH Keywords

Bloch groupcross-ratiospherical CR structure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50) Miscellaneous applications of (K)-theory (19M05)

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