JOURNAL OF GGT

Published in Journal of Gökova Geometry Topology, Volume 11 (2017)
Title Bilinear-form invariants of Lefschetz fibrations over the 2-sphere
Author Takefumi Nosaka
Abstract
We introduce invariants of, in general, Hurwitz equivalence classes with respect to arbitrary group G. The invariants are constructed from any right G-module M and any G-invariant bilinear function on M, and are of bilinear forms. For instance, when G is the mapping class group, \(\mathcal M_g\), of the closed surface \(\Sigma_g\) of genus g, we get an invariant of 4-dimensional Lefschetz fibrations over the 2-sphere. Moreover, the construction is applicable for the quantum representations of \(\mathcal M_g\) derived from Chern-Simons field theory. We also see that our invariant is unstable with respect to fiber sum of Lefschetz fibrations.
Keywords Bilinear form, 4-dimensional Lefschetz fibration, mapping class group, monodromy, link.
Pages32-55
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Submitted: May 16, 2017
Accepted: Jan 23, 2018
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