Solvable normal subgroups of 2-knot groups

Abstract: If

X

is an orientable, strongly minimal

P D_{4}

-complex and

p i_{1} (X)

has one end then it has no nontrivial locally-finite normal subgroup. Hence if

p i

is a 2-knot group then (a) if

p i

is virtually solvable then either

p i

has two ends or

p i c o n g P h i

, with presentation

l a n g l e a, t | t a = a^{2} t a n g l e

, or

p i

is torsion-free and polycyclic of Hirsch length 4; (b) either

p i

has two ends, or

p i

has one end and the centre

z e t a p i

is torsion-free, or

p i

has infinitely many ends and

z e t a p i

is finite; and (c) the Hirsch-Plotkin radical

s q r t p i

is nilpotent.

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