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Infinite presentations for fundamental groups of surfaces

Geometric Topology 2023-03-08 v3

Abstract

For any finite type connected surface SS, we give an infinite presentation of the fundamental group π1(S,)\pi_1(S,\ast) of SS based at an interior point S\ast\in{S} whose generators are represented by simple loops. When SS is non-orientable, we also give an infinite presentation of the subgroup of π1(S,)\pi_1(S,\ast) generated by elements which are represented by simple loops whose regular neighborhoods are annuli.

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@article{arxiv.2003.13224,
  title  = {Infinite presentations for fundamental groups of surfaces},
  author = {Ryoma Kobayashi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.13224},
  year   = {2023}
}

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21 pages, 7 figures

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