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A link invariant with values in the Witt ring

  • Gaël Collinet

    Université de Strasbourg, France

  • Pierre Guillot

    Université de Strasbourg, France
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Abstract

Using Maslov indices, we show the existence of oriented link invariants with values in the Witt rings of certain fields. Various classical invariants are closely related to this construction. We also explore a surprising connection with the Weil representation

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Gaël Collinet, Pierre Guillot, A link invariant with values in the Witt ring. Quantum Topol. 5 (2014), no. 3, pp. 259–287

DOI 10.4171/QT/52