Dirichlet fundamental domains and topology of projective varieties.

DOI10.1007/S00222-013-0453-4zbMATH Open1348.20045arXiv1201.3129OpenAlexW3099728924MaRDI QIDQ2435147FDOQ2435147

Authors: Michael Kapovich 

Publication date: 3 February 2014

Published in: Inventiones Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove that for every finitely-presented group G there exists a 2-dimensional irreducible complex-projective variety W with the fundamental group G, so that all singularities of W are normal crossings and Whitney umbrellas.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1201.3129

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zbMATH Keywords

singularitiesfundamental groupsfinitely presented groupsnormal crossingsirreducible complex projective varietiesWhitney umbrellas

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Singularities in algebraic geometry (14B05) Homotopy theory and fundamental groups in algebraic geometry (14F35) Singularities of surfaces or higher-dimensional varieties (14J17) Geometric group theory (20F65) Fundamental group, presentations, free differential calculus (57M05)

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