Abstract:
We generalize the construction of invariants of three-dimensional manifolds with a triangulated boundary that we previously proposed for the case where the boundary consists of not more than one connected component to any number of components. These invariants are based on the torsion of acyclic complexes of geometric origin. An adequate tool for studying such invariants turns out to be Berezin's calculus of anticommuting variables; in particular, they are used to formulate our main theorem, concerning the composition of invariants under a gluing of manifolds. We show that the theory satisfies a natural modification of Atiyah's axioms for anticommuting variables.
Keywords:
geometric torsion, topological field theory.
Citation:
I. G. Korepanov, “Geometric torsions and an Atiyah-style topological field theory”, TMF, 158:3 (2009), 405–418; Theoret. and Math. Phys., 158:3 (2009), 344–354
This publication is cited in the following 4 articles:
I. G. Korepanov, D. V. Talalaev, G. I. Sharygin, “Integrable 3D statistical models on six-valent graphs”, Proc. Steklov Inst. Math., 302 (2018), 198–216
Korepanov I.G., “Two-Cocycles Give a Full Nonlinear Parameterization of the Simplest 3-3 Relation”, Lett. Math. Phys., 104:10 (2014), 1235–1261
Igor G. Korepanov, Nurlan M. Sadykov, “Parameterizing the Simplest Grassmann–Gaussian Relations for Pachner Move 3–3”, SIGMA, 9 (2013), 053, 19 pp.
S. I. Bel'kov, I. G. Korepanov, “A matrix solution of the pentagon equation with anticommuting variables”, Theoret. and Math. Phys., 163:3 (2010), 819–830