Distinguishing geometries using finite quotients

DOI10.2140/GT.2017.21.345zbMATH Open1361.57023arXiv1411.5212OpenAlexW3104314356MaRDI QIDQ511614FDOQ511614

Authors: Henry Wilton, Pavel Zalesskij 

Publication date: 22 February 2017

Published in: Geometry \& Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove that the profinite completion of the fundamental group of a compact 3-manifold $M$ satisfies a Tits alternative: if a closed subgroup $H$ does not contain a free pro-$p$ subgroup for any $p$, then $H$ is virtually soluble, and furthermore of a very particular form. In particular, the profinite completion of the fundamental group of a closed, hyperbolic 3-manifold does not contain a subgroup isomorphic to $hat{mathbbZ}^2$. This gives a profinite characterization of hyperbolicity among irreducible 3-manifolds. We also characterize Seifert fibred 3-manifolds as precisely those for which the profinite completion of the fundamental group has a non-trivial procyclic normal subgroup. Our techniques also apply to hyperbolic, virtually special groups, in the sense of Haglund and Wise. Finally, we prove that every finitely generated pro-$p$ subgroup of the profinite completion of a torsion-free, hyperbolic, virtually special group is free pro-$p$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1411.5212

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zbMATH Keywords

profinite completionfinite quotientsfundamental group of a 3-manifoldhyperbolic and geometric 3-manifolds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Residual properties and generalizations; residually finite groups (20E26) General geometric structures on low-dimensional manifolds (57M50)

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