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For $G$ and $H_1,\dots, H_n$ finite groups, does there exist a $3$-manifold group with $G$ as a quotient but no $H_i$ as a quotient? We answer all such questions in terms of the group cohomology of finite groups. We prove non-existence with…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2024-04-15 Will Sawin , Melanie Matchett Wood

We construct an exemple of a full factor $M$ such that its canonical outer modular flow $\sigma^M : \mathbb{R} \rightarrow \mathrm{Out}(M)$ is almost periodic but $M$ has no almost periodic state. This can only happen if the discrete…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2025-02-04 Amine Marrakchi

For each Cantor set C in $R^{3}$, all points of which have bounded local genus, we show that there are infinitely many inequivalent Cantor sets in $R^{3}$ with complement having the same fundamental group as the complement of C. This…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2013-07-31 Dennis J. Garity , Dušan Repovš

In various classes of infinite groups, we identify groups that are presentable by products, i.e. groups having finite index subgroups which are quotients of products of two commuting infinite subgroups. The classes we discuss here include…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2017-01-13 P. de la Harpe , D. Kotschick

We determine the structure of the finite non-solvable groups of order divisible by $3$ all whose maximal subgroups of order divisible by $3$ are supersolvable. Precisely, we demonstrate that if $G$ is a finite non-solvable group satisfying…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-04-29 Antonio Beltrán , Changguo Shao

We prove that there are only finitely many closed hyperbolic 3-manifolds with injectivity radius and first eigenvalue of the Laplacian bounded below whose fundamental groups can be generated by a given number of elements. An application to…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-02-26 Ian Biringer Juan Souto

Let $\mathcal F$ be a saturated fusion system on a finite $p$-group $S$, and let $P$ be a strongly $\mathcal F$-closed subgroup of $S$. We define the concept ``$\mathcal F$-essential subgroups with respect to $P$" which are some proper…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2023-04-10 M. Yasir Kızmaz

We show that the finitely generated simple left orderable groups $G_{\rho}$ constructed by the first two authors in arXiv:1807.06478 are uniformly perfect - each element in the group can be expressed as a product of three commutators of…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2020-11-25 James Hyde , Yash Lodha , Andrés Navas , Cristóbal Rivas

A nontrivial element in a group is a generalized torsion element if some nonempty finite product of its conjugates is the identity. We prove that any generalized torsion element in a free product of torsion-free groups is conjugate to a…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-11-20 Tetsuya Ito , Kimihiko Motegi , Masakazu Teragaito

Every countable group $G$ can be embedded in a finitely generated group $G^*$ that is hopfian and complete, i.e. $G^*$ has trivial centre and every epimorphism $G^*\to G^*$ is an inner automorphism. Every finite subgroup of $G^*$ is…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2024-11-20 Martin R. Bridson , Hamish Short

We provide a geometric characterization of manifolds of dimension 3 with fundamental groups of which all conjugacy classes except 1 are infinite, namely of which the von Neumann algebras are factors of type $II_1$: they are essentially the…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2012-02-21 Pierre de la Harpe , Jean-Philippe Preaux

We give a necessary and sufficient condition for the fundamental group of the space of Heegaard splittings of an irreducible $3$-manifold to be finitely generated. The condition is exactly the conclusion of the thick isotopy lemma proved by…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-06-09 Daiki Iguchi

Free groups are known to be homogeneous, meaning that finite tuples of elements which satisfy the same first-order properties are in the same orbit under the action of the automorphism group. We show that virtually free groups have a…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2018-10-29 Simon André

A compactly generated group is noncompact if and only if it admits a nonconstant harmonic function (for some, equivalently for every, reasonable measure). This generalizes the known fact that a finitely generated group is infinite if and…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2022-01-13 Darren Creutz

We establish quasi-isometric rigidity for a class of right-angled Coxeter groups. Let $\Gamma_1,\Gamma_2$ be joins of finite generalized thick $m$-gons with $m\geq 3$. We show that the corresponding right-angled Coxeter groups are…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2018-10-04 Jordan Bounds , Xiangdong Xie

The set of equivalence classes of cobounded actions of a group G on different hyperbolic metric spaces carries a natural partial order. Following Abbott--Balasubramanya--Osin, the group G is H--accessible if the resulting poset has a…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2023-05-15 Carolyn Abbott , Hoang Thanh Nguyen , Alexander J. Rasmussen

In this paper we study obstructions to presentability by products for finitely generated groups. Along the way we develop both the concept of acentral subgroups, and the relations between presentability by products on the one hand, and…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2013-02-11 D. Kotschick , C. Loeh

A 3-manifold is Haken if it contains a topologically essential surface. The Virtual Haken Conjecture posits that every irreducible 3-manifold with infinite fundamental group has a finite cover which is Haken. In this paper, we study random…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2009-11-11 Nathan M. Dunfield , William P. Thurston

According to Bestvina-Bromberg-Fujiwara, a finitely generated group is said to have property (QT) if it acts isometrically on a finite product of quasi-trees so that orbital maps are quasi-isometric embeddings. We prove that the fundamental…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-03-12 Suzhen Han , Hoang Thanh Nguyen , Wenyuan Yang

In 1960, L\'{a}szl\'{o} Fuchs posed the problem of determining which groups $G$ are realizable as the group of units in some ring $R$. In \cite{chebolu2022fuchs}, we investigated the following variant of Fuchs' problem, for abelian groups:…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2024-08-16 Sunil K. Chebolu , Keir Lockridge