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Topological methods to compute Chern-Simons invariants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

David R. Auckly
David R. Auckly
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University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712-1082, USA
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In this paper we develop a method which may be used to compute the Chern-Simons invariants of a large class of representations on a large class of manifolds. This class includes all representations on all Seifert fiber spaces, all graph manifolds, and some hyperbolic manifolds. I owe many thanks to Peter Scott, John Harer, Frank Raymond, Ron Fintushel, Paul Kirk and Eric Klassen, without whose help and support this paper could not have been written.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 115 , Issue 2 , March 1994 , pp. 229 - 251
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1994

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