Finite groups acting on 3-manifolds and cyclic branched coverings of knots

MaRDI QIDQ5387286zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Mattia Mecchia

Publication date 8 May 2008

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0904.1854

zbMATH Keywords

3-manifoldactionbranched covercyclicgrouphyperbolicinvolutionknotsemisimplesolvable

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Low-dimensional topology of special (e.g., branched) coverings (57M12) Group actions on manifolds and cell complexes in low dimensions (57M60) Finite transformation groups (57S17)

Abstract: We are interested in finite groups acting orientation-preservingly on 3-manifolds (arbitrary actions, ie not necessarily free actions). In particular we consider finite groups which contain an involution with nonempty connected fixed point set. This condition is satisfied by the isometry group of any hyperbolic cyclic branched covering of a strongly invertible knot as well as by the isometry group of any hyperbolic 2-fold branched covering of a knot in the 3-sphere. In the paper we give a characterization of nonsolvable groups of this type. Then we consider some possible applications to the study of cyclic branched coverings of knots and of hyperelliptic diffeomorphisms of 3-manifolds. In particular we analyze the basic case of two distinct knots with the same cyclic branched covering.

Recommendations

• Finite group actions on 3-manifolds and cyclic branched covers of knots
• Hyperbolic 3-manifolds as cyclic branched coverings
• Cyclic branched coverings and homology 3-spheres with large group actions
• Homologically trivial actions on cyclic coverings of knots
• On the Isometry Groups of Cyclic Branched Coverings of Hyperbolic Knots

Cited in

(9)

• Homologically trivial actions on cyclic coverings of knots
• Analogies between group actions on 3-manifolds and number fields
• Bounds for fixed points on hyperbolic 3-manifolds
• Finite Group Actions and Nonseparating 2-Spheres
• Finite group actions on 3-manifolds and cyclic branched covers of knots
• Cyclic branched coverings and homology 3-spheres with large group actions
• Classifying non-splitting fiber preserving actions on prism manifolds
• Finite groups acting on hyperelliptic 3-manifolds
• On nonfree actions of commuting involutions on manifolds

This page was built for publication: Finite groups acting on 3-manifolds and cyclic branched coverings of knots

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q5387286)