The vanishing of the framing correction in higher degrees

Let δn(M)Vn\delta_n(M)\in V_n be the framing correction for the invariant In(M)I_n(M) of a homology 33-sphere MM decorated with a framing or bundled bordism. Vanishing conjecture for the framing correction. The framing correction vanishes for every n>1n>1:

δn(M)=0for n>1.\delta_n(M)=0\qquad\text{for }n>1.

If true, only the degree-one term would require a framing correction, so the higher-degree parts of the unframed invariant would agree directly with the decorated invariant. The source does not provide a proof or resolution of this conjecture.

Sources & referencesView supporting material

Primary source

Greg Kuperberg and Dylan P. Thurston, “Perturbative 3-manifold invariants by cut-and-paste topology”, arXiv:math/9912167 (2000).

Progress summary

Never refreshed

Nothing recorded yet. Refresh searches the literature and the public web for attempts on this problem, and writes the first summary here.

Solutions 0

No solutions have been posted yet.