The Århus integral of rational homology 3-spheres I: A highly non trivial flat connection on S3

Selecta Mathematica, New Series

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 315-339

  Bar Natan, Dror ^a   Garoufalidis, Stavros ^d,e   Rozansky, Lev ^b,c   Thurston, Dylan P ^d,f  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

3 manifolds; Finite type invariants; Gaussian integration; Holonomy; Kirby moves

Indexed keywords

EID: 52649170883     PISSN: 10221824     EISSN: 14209020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00029-002-8108-0     Document Type: Article

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