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There has been much recent interest into those properties of a 3-manifold determined by the profinite completion of its fundamental group. In this paper we give readily computable criteria specifying precisely when two orientable graph…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2017-03-16 Gareth Wilkes

An interesting question is whether two 3-manifolds can be distinguished by computing and comparing their collections of finite covers; more precisely, by the profinite completions of their fundamental groups. In this paper, we solve this…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2015-12-18 Gareth Wilkes

In this paper we extend previous results concerning the behaviour of JSJ decompositions of closed 3-manifolds with respect to the profinite completion to the case of compact 3-manifolds with boundary. We also illustrate an alternative and…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2018-02-27 Gareth Wilkes

We establish results concerning the profinite completions of 3-manifold groups. In particular, we prove that the complement of the figure-eight knot $S^3-K$ is distinguished from all other compact 3-manifolds by the set of finite quotients…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2015-06-01 Martin R Bridson , Alan W Reid

There are many results showing the connection and phenomenon between some low-dimensional manifolds with the profinite completions of their fundamental groups. We focus on some Seifert 4-manifolds about the extent of their profinite…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2023-04-05 Jiming Ma , Zixi Wang

We prove that the profinite completion of the fundamental group of a compact 3-manifold $M$ satisfies a Tits alternative: if a closed subgroup $H$ does not contain a free pro-$p$ subgroup for any $p$, then $H$ is virtually soluble, and…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2017-02-15 Henry Wilton , Pavel Zalesskii

Let $M$ be a closed, orientable, irreducible, geometrizable 3-manifold. We prove that the profinite topology on the fundamental group of $\pi_1(M)$ is efficient with respect to the JSJ decomposition of $M$. We go on to prove that $\pi_1(M)$…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2012-08-08 Henry Wilton , Pavel Zalesskii

We give examples of closed, oriented 3-manifolds whose fundamental groups are not isomorphic, but yet have the same sets of finite quotient groups; hence the same profinite completions. We also give examples of compact, oriented 3-manifolds…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-10-06 John Hempel

The profinite completion of the fundamental group of a closed, orientable $3$-manifold determines the Kneser--Milnor decomposition. If $M$ is irreducible, then the profinite completion determines the Jaco--Shalen--Johannson decomposition of…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2019-02-20 Henry Wilton , Pavel Zalesskii

We prove a finiteness result for the $\partial$-patterned guts decomposition of all 3-manifolds obtained by splitting a given orientable, irreducible and $\partial$-irreducible 3-manifold along a closed incompressible surface. Then using…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2011-06-01 Michel Boileau , J. Hyam Rubinstein , Shicheng Wang

We prove that the fundamental group of any Seifert 3-manifold is conjugacy separable. That is, conjugates may be distinguished in finite quotients or, equivalently, conjugacy classes are closed in the pro-finite topology.

Group Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Armando Martino

We give a description of finitely generated prosoluble subgroups of the profinite completion of $3$-manifold groups and virtually compact special groups.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-12-22 Lucas C. Lopes , Pavel A. Zalesskii

This note surveys recent progress toward the profinite rigidity of orientable finite-volume hyperbolic 3-manifolds. Beginning in a brief review of some basic settings of profinite completion and rigidity of general groups, we state the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-08-29 Tianwei Liu

Every closed orientable surface S has the following property: any two connected covers of S of the same degree are homeomorphic (as spaces). In this, paper we give a complete classification of compact 3-manifolds with empty or toroidal…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2021-10-25 Stefan Friedl , JungHwan Park , Bram Petri , Jean Raimbault , Arunima Ray

In this paper, we prove a geometrization conjecture, every orientable smooth closed 3-manifold with finite fundamental group is homeomorphic to $S^3/G$ for some finite cyclic subgroup $G\subset {Isom}^+(S^3)$.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2012-08-28 Ming Yang

In this paper, we complete the classification of which compact 3-manifolds have a virtually compact special fundamental group by addressing the case of mixed 3-manifolds. A compact aspherical 3-manifold is mixed if has at least one JSJ…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2016-12-20 Joseph Tidmore

This paper establishes strong profinite rigidity results for K\"ahler groups, showing that certain groups are determined within the class of residually finite K\"ahler groups by their profinite completion. Examples include products of…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-01-24 Sam Hughes , Claudio Llosa Isenrich , Pierre Py , Matthew Stover , Stefano Vidussi

We give the first examples of closed fibered hyperbolic 3-manifolds whose fundamental groups are distinguished from every other finitely generated, residually finite group by their finite quotients. One of the examples is also the first…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2022-05-19 Tamunonye Cheetham-West

If $M$ is a compact 3-manifold whose first betti number is 1, and $N$ is a compact 3-manifold such that $\pi_1N$ and $\pi_1M$ have the same finite quotients, then $M$ fibres over the circle if and only if $N$ does. We prove that groups of…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2017-08-09 Martin R. Bridson , Alan W. Reid , Henry Wilton

Any profinite isomorphism between two cusped finite-volume hyperbolic 3-manifolds carries profinite isomorphisms between their Dehn fillings. With this observation, we prove that some cusped finite-volume hyperbolic 3-manifolds are…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2026-03-17 Xiaoyu Xu
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