A Structure Theorem for Bad 3-Orbifolds
Geometric Topology
2022-02-02 v1
Abstract
We explicitly construct a collection of bad 3-orbifolds, , satisfying the following properties: \begin{enumerate} \item The underlying topological space of any is homeomorphic to or . \item The boundary of any consists of one or two spherical 2-orbifolds. \item Any bad 3-orbifold is obtained from a good 3-orbifold by repeating, finitely many times, the following operation: remove one or two orbifold-balls, and glue in some . \end{enumerate} Conversely, any bad 3-orbifold contains some as a sub-orbifold; we call removing and capping the resulting boundary \em cut-and-cap.\em\ Then by cutting-and-capping finitely many times we obtain a good orbifold.
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@article{arxiv.2202.00208,
title = {A Structure Theorem for Bad 3-Orbifolds},
author = {R Lehman and Yo'av Rieck},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.00208},
year = {2022}
}
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20 pages