Shintani's invariant via cyclic quantum dilogarithm

Abstract: We formulate Shintani's invariant in terms of the cyclic quantum dilogarithm. Building on earlier results that expressed Shintani's invariant using the $q$-Pochhammer symbol, we show how the cyclic quantum dilogarithm naturally arises in this context, providing new perspectives on the arithmetic significance of Shintani's construction. The present note is an announcement; a full account with complete proofs will appear in a forthcoming paper.