Sampling the SU(N) Invariants of Three-Manifolds

DOI10.1142/S0218216597000054MaRDI QIDQ4346370zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors W. B. Raymond Lickorish

Publication date 5 February 1998

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1142/s0218216597000054

zbMATH Keywords

3-manifold3-torusinvariantquantumskein theorySU(n)Young diagram

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Review text

Let \(M\) be a closed oriented 3-manifold. This paper concerns the \(SU(N)\) invariants of three-manifolds predicted by Witten and formulated using skein theory by Yokota. The author constructs examples of 3-manifolds which have the same \(SU(N)\) invariants for all \(N\), but are not homeomorphic. These can be constructed by gluing together two knot complements using nonisotopic diffeomorphisms. The \(SU(N)\)-invariants depend on a parameter \(t\) which must be chosen to be a primitive \(2N(K+N)\) root of unity, where \(K\) is a positive integer. Under the assumption that \(K+N\) is prime and \(K>N\), the author calculates the \(SU(N)\) invariants for \(M=S^1\times S^1\times S^1\), and for the torus bundle over \(S^1\) with monodromy the homeomorphism of the torus that induces multiplication by \(-1\) on the fundamental group. It is seen that although these manifolds have the same \(SU(2)\) invariants, their \(SU(N)\) invariants differ for \(N\geq 3\). The author expects that the restrictions on \(K\) and \(N+K\) can be removed, but further calculations would be needed. In a final section, the author develops a certain ``duality which states that (for general \(t\)) the decoration on any curve of an element of the linear skein of the 2-sphere may be changed in a certain way without changing the value of the skein. This is analogous to a property of the Jones polynomial, for which reversing the orientation of a component of the link changes the polynomial by multiplication by a certain power of \(t\).

Recommendations

• Skeins, \(SU(N)\) three-manifold invariants and TQFT
• Skeins and quantum \(SU(N)\) invariants of 3-manifolds
• SU(n)-CHERN–SIMONS INVARIANTS OF SEIFERT FIBERED 3-MANIFOLDS
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 139720
• Publication:4897019
• Quantum SU(3) Invariant of 3-Manifolds via Linear Skein Theory
• Invariants of SPIN networks embedded in three-manifolds
• Quantum invariants of random 3-manifolds
• Invariants of three-manifolds with spin structure
• On Chern-Simons invariants of geometric 3-manifolds

Cited in

(5)

• Skeins, \(SU(N)\) three-manifold invariants and TQFT
• Distinct 3-Manifolds with all SU(2) q Invariants the Same
• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 926606 (Why is no real title available?)
• Construction of the Witten-Reshetikhin-Turaev TQFT from conformal field theory
• RESHETIKHIN–TURAEV INVARIANTS OF SEIFERT 3-MANIFOLDS FOR CLASSICAL SIMPLE LIE ALGEBRAS

This page was built for publication: Sampling the SU(N) Invariants of Three-Manifolds

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q4346370)