A formula for the Theta invariant from Heegaard diagrams
Résumé
The Theta invariant is the simplest 3-manifold invariant defined with configuration space integrals. It is actually an invariant of rational homology spheres equipped with a combing over the complement of a point. It can be computed as the algebraic intersection of three propagators associated to a given combing X in the 2-point configuration space of a Q-sphere M. These propagators represent the linking form of M so that $\Theta(M,X)$ can be thought of as the cube of the linking form of M with respect to the combing X. The Theta invariant is the sum of $6 \lambda(M)$ and $p_1(X)/4$, where $\lambda$ denotes the Casson-Walker invariant, and $p_1$ is an invariant of combings that is an extension of a first relative Pontrjagin class. In this article, we present explicit propagators associated with Heegaard diagrams of a manifold, and we use these ''Morse propagators'', constructed with Greg Kuperberg, to prove a combinatorial formula for the Theta invariant in terms of Heegaard diagrams.
Mots clés
- développement perturbatif de la théorie de Chern-Simons
- sphères d'homologie
- invariants de type fini des variétés de dimension 3
- intégrales d'espaces de configurations
- invariant de Casson-Walker
- scindements de Heegaard
- diagrammes de Heegaard
- invariant Theta
- perturbative expansion of Chern-Simons theory
- combings
- homology spheres
- finite type invariants of 3-manifolds
- configuration space integrals
- Casson-Walker invariant
- Heegaard splittings
- Heegaard diagrams
- Theta invariant
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