Residual properties of fibered and hyperbolic 3-manifolds

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Abstract: Let p be a prime. In this paper, we classify the geometric 3-manifolds whose fundamental groups are virtually residually p. Let M=M3 be a virtually fibered 3-manifold. It is well-known that G=pi1(M) is residually solvable and even residually finite solvable. We prove that G is always virtually residually p. Using recent work of Wise, we prove that every hyperbolic 3-manifold is either closed or virtually fibered and hence has a virtually residually p fundamental group. We give some generalizations to pro-p completions of groups, mapping class groups, residually torsion-free nilpotent 3-manifold groups and central extensions of residually p groups.


A group \(G\) \textit{virtually} has a property \(X\) if there is a finite index subgroup \(G'\) of \(G\) with the property \(X\). In this paper some residual properties of the fundamental groups of geometric 3-manifolds are studied. For a prime number \(p\), a group \(G\) is said to be \textit{residually} \(p\) if every non trivial element of \(G\) survives in a finite \(p\)-group quotient of \(G\) and \textit{residually torsion-free nilpotent} if every non trivial element of \(G\) survives in a torsion-free nilpotent quotient of \(G\). Then the following main result is proved in the paper.NEWLINENEWLINETheorem: Let \(M\) be a geometric \(3\)-manifold. Then the fundamental group \(\pi_1(X)\) is virtually residually \(p\). Furthermore, \(\pi_1(X)\) is virtually residually torsion-free nilpotent precisely when \(M\) does not admit a Sol geometry.











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