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Small hyperbolic polyhedra

Geometric Topology 2015-03-18 v4

Abstract

We classify the 3-dimensional hyperbolic polyhedral orbifolds that contain no embedded essential 2-suborbifolds, up to decomposition along embedded hyperbolic triangle orbifolds (turnovers). We give a necessary condition for a 3-dimensional hyperbolic polyhedral orbifold to contain an immersed (singular) hyperbolic turnover, we classify the triangle subgroups of the fundamental groups of orientable 3-dimensional hyperbolic tetrahedral orbifolds in the case when all of the vertices of the tetrahedra are non-finite, and we provide a conjectural classification of all the triangle subgroups of the fundamental groups of orientable 3-dimensional hyperbolic polyhedral orbifolds. Finally, we show that any triangle subgroup of a (non-orientable) 3-dimensional hyperbolic reflection group arises from a triangle reflection subgroup.

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@article{arxiv.1102.0322,
  title  = {Small hyperbolic polyhedra},
  author = {Shawn Rafalski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1102.0322},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

49 pages, 42 figures. Version to appear, incorporates final feedback from the referee

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