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arxiv: math/0206254 · v1 · submitted 2002-06-24 · 🧮 math.GT · math.QA

Involutory Hopf group-coalgebras and flat bundles over 3-manifolds

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Given a group G, we use involutary Hopf G-coalgebras to define a scalar invariant of flat G-bundles over 3-manifolds. When G=1, this invariant equals to the one of 3-manifolds constructed by Kuperberg from involutary Hopf algebras. We give examples which show that this invariant is not trivial.

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