Crystallographic groups of Sol (Q2867268)

In the sense of \textit{W. P. Thurston} [Three-dimensional geometry and topology. Vol. 1. Ed. by Silvio Levy. Princeton Mathematical Series. 35. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press (1997; Zbl 0873.57001)], it is well known that there are eight kinds of \(3\)-dimensional geometries including \(\text{Sol}\). In this paper, the authors classify the closed \(3\)-dimensional orbifolds with \(\text{Sol}\)-geometry up to diffeomorphism. Such an orbifold arises as follows. For a maximal compact subgroup \(K\) of \(\text{Sol}\), a discrete cocompact subgroup \(E\) of \(\text{Sol} \rtimes K\) is called an \textit{SC-group}. Then every closed orbifold with \(\text{Sol}\)-geometry arises as a quotient \(E\backslash\text{Sol}\) for an SC-group \(E\). Hence, the authors classify closed \(3\)-orbifolds with \(\text{Sol}\)-geometry by classifying the SC-groups. They explicitly describe the nine families of SC-groups and compare their results to earlier partial classifications and classifications of closed manifolds with \(\text{Sol}\)-geometry.