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Isospectrality and 3-manifold groups

Geometric Topology 2007-05-23 v1 dg-ga Differential Geometry Group Theory

Abstract

The relationship between the Chern-Simons invariant and eta-invariant of a 3-manifold is shown to lead to an obstruction to a group being the fundamental group of a closed oriented 3-manifold. The proof uses Sunada's construction of isospectral manifolds as covering spaces over a common base space.

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@article{arxiv.math/9712234,
  title  = {Isospectrality and 3-manifold groups},
  author = {Daniel Ruberman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9712234},
  year   = {2007}
}

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AMS-LaTeX, 5 pages