Invariants for one-dimensional cohomology classes arising from TQFT

Abstract: Let

(V, Z)

be a Topological Quantum Field Theory over a field

f

defined on a cobordism category whose morphisms are oriented

n + 1

-manifolds perhaps with extra structure. Let

(M, c h i)

be a closed oriented

n + 1

-manifold

M

with this extra structure together with

c h i i n H^{1} (M) .

Let

M_{i n f t y}

denote the infinite cyclic cover of

M

given by

c h i .

Consider a fundamental domain

E

for the action of the integers on

M_{i n f t y}

bounded by lifts of a surface

S i g m a

dual to

c h i,

and in general position.

E

can be viewed as a cobordism from

S i g m a

to itself. We give Turaev and Viro's proof of their theorem that the similarity class of the non-nilpotent part of

Z (E)

is an invariant. We give a method to calculate this invariant for the

(V_{p}, Z_{p})

theories of Blanchet,Habegger, Masbaum and Vogel when

M

is zero framed surgery to

S^{3}

along a knot K. We give a formula for this invariant when

K

is a twisted double of another knot. We obtain formulas for the quantum invariants of branched covers of knots, and unbranched covers of 0-surgery to

S^{3}

along knots.

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