On the genus of infinite groups

DOI10.4310/MRL.2012.V19.N3.A8zbMATH Open1277.57006arXiv1111.7016MaRDI QIDQ2391628FDOQ2391628

Authors: Iain R. Aitchison, Lawrence Reeves 

Publication date: 5 August 2013

Published in: Mathematical Research Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We associate to each finite presentation of a group G a compact CW-complex that is a 3-manifold in the complement of a point, and whose fundamental group is isomorphic to G. We use this complex to define a notion of genus for G and give examples, and also define a notion of `closed group'. A group has genus 0 if and only if it is the fundamental group of a compact orientable 3-manifold.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1111.7016

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zbMATH Keywords

genus of a grouppresentation of a groupsingular 3-manifold

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Topological methods in group theory (57M07)

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