On finite derived quotients of 3-manifold groups

Abstract: This paper studies the set of finite groups appearing as

p i_{1} (M) / p i_{1} (M)^{(n)}

, where

M

is a closed, orientable 3-manifold and

p i_{1} (M)^{(n)}

denotes the

n

-th term of the derived series of

p i_{1} (M)

. Our main result is that if

M

is a closed, orientable 3-manifold,

n g e 2

, and

G c o n g p i_{1} (M) / p i_{1} (M)^{(n)}

is finite, then the cup product pairing

H^{2} (G) o t i m e s H^{2} (G) o H^{4} (G)

has cyclic image

C

, and the pairing

H^{2} (G) o t i m e s H^{2} (G) s t a c k r e l s m i l e l o n g r i g h t a r r o w C

is isomorphic to the linking pairing

H_{1} (M)_{e x t r m T o r s} o t i m e s H_{1} (M)_{e x t r m T o r s} o m a t h b b Q / m a t h b b Z

.

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