p-Modular TQFT's, Milnor torsion and the Casson-Lescop invariant

Abstract

We derive formulae which lend themselves to TQFT interpretations of the Milnor torsion, the Lescop invariant, the Casson invariant, and the Casson-Morita cocyle of a 3-manifold, and, furthermore, relate them to the Reshetikhin-Turaev theory.

Published by Geometry and Topology Monographs at http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/gt/GTMon4/paper9.abs.html