Strong Integrality of Quantum Invariants of 3-manifolds

Abstract

We prove that the quantum SO(3)-invariant of an arbitrary 3-manifold $M$ is always an algebraic integer, if the order of the quantum parameter is co-prime with the order of the torsion part of $H_1(M,\BZ)$. An even stronger integrality, known as cyclotomic integrality, was established by Habiro for integral homology 3-spheres. Here we generalize Habiro's result to all rational homology 3-spheres.

19 pages. Minor typos corrected