Applying TQFT to count regular coverings of Seifert 3-manifolds

DOI10.1016/J.GEOMPHYS.2012.02.009MaRDI QIDQ414515zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Haimiao Chen

Publication date 11 May 2012

Published in Journal of Geometry and Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1110.0186

zbMATH Keywords

enumerationTQFTSeifert 3-manifoldcharacterregular covering

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Topological quantum field theories (aspects of differential topology) (57R56) Covering spaces and low-dimensional topology (57M10)

Abstract: I give a formula for computing the number of regular $Gamma$-coverings of closed orientable Seifert 3-manifolds, for a given finite group $Gamma$. The number is computed using a 3d TQFT with finite gauge group, through a cut-and-glue process.

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