One-relator groups and proper $3$-realizability
Rev. Mat. Iberoamericana, Tome 25 (2009) no. 1, p. 739-756 / Harvested from Project Euclid
How different is the universal cover of a given finite $2$-complex from a $3$-manifold (from the proper homotopy viewpoint)? Regarding this question, we recall that a finitely presented group $G$ is said to be properly $3$-realizable if there exists a compact $2$-polyhedron $K$ with $\pi_1(K) \cong G$ whose universal cover $\tilde{K}$ has the proper homotopy type of a PL $3$-manifold (with boundary). In this paper, we study the asymptotic behavior of finitely generated one-relator groups and show that those having finitely many ends are properly $3$-realizable, by describing what the fundamental pro-group looks like, showing a property of one-relator groups which is stronger than the QSF property of Brick (from the proper homotopy viewpoint) and giving an alternative proof of the fact that one-relator groups are semistable at infinity.
Publié le : 2009-06-15
Classification:  proper homotopy equivalence,  polyhedron,  one-relator group,  proper $3$-realizability,  end of group,  57M07,  57M10,  57M20
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Manuel and Lasheras
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Francisco F. and Quintero
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Antonio and Repov\v s
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     journal = {Rev. Mat. Iberoamericana},
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Cárdenas
,  
Manuel; Lasheras
,  
Francisco F.; Quintero
,  
Antonio; Repovš
,  
Dušan. One-relator groups and proper $3$-realizability. Rev. Mat. Iberoamericana, Tome 25 (2009) no. 1, pp.  739-756. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/1255440073/