The characterization of a line arrangement whose fundamental group of the complement is a direct sum of free groups

DOI10.2140/AGT.2010.10.1285zbMATH Open1194.14028arXiv0810.5533OpenAlexW3100969236MaRDI QIDQ982413FDOQ982413

Mina Teicher, Meital Eliyahu, Mary Schaps, Eran Liberman

Publication date: 6 July 2010

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

Abstract: Kwai Man Fan proved that if the intersection lattice of a line arrangement does not contain a cycle, then the fundamental group of its complement is a direct sum of infinite and cyclic free groups. He also conjectured that the converse is true as well. The main purpose of this paper is to prove this conjecture

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0810.5533

zbMATH Keywords

fundamental grouphyperplane arrangementline arrangementdirect sum of free groupsgraph of line arrangement

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Homotopy theory and fundamental groups in algebraic geometry (14F35) Relations with arrangements of hyperplanes (32S22) Planar arrangements of lines and pseudolines (aspects of discrete geometry) (52C30) Adjunction problems (14N30)

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