R^2-irreducible universal covering spaces of P^2-irreducible open 3-manifolds

DOI10.2140/PJM.1998.185.327zbMATH Open0921.57001arXivmath/9612215OpenAlexW2105976817MaRDI QIDQ1366646FDOQ1366646

Authors: Bernhard Rupp 

Publication date: 16 September 1997

Published in: Pacific Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: An irreducible open 3-manifold $W$ is {�f R}${}^2$-irreducible if every proper plane in $W$ splits off a halfspace. In this paper it is shown that if such a $W$ is the universal cover of a connected, {�f P}${}^2$-irreducible open 3-manifold $M$ with finitely generated fundamental group, then either $W$ is homeomorphic to {�f R}${}^3$ or the group is a free product of infinite cyclic groups and infinite closed surface groups. Given any such finitely generated group uncountably many $M$ are constructed with that fundamental group such that their universal covers are {�f R}${}^2$-irreducible, are not homeomorphic to {�f R}${}^3$, and are pairwise non-homeomorphic. These results are related to the conjecture that closed, orientable, irreducible, aspherical 3-manifolds are covered by {�f R}${}^3$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9612215

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Group actions on manifolds and cell complexes in low dimensions (57M60) Covering spaces and low-dimensional topology (57M10)

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