A 3-manifold group which is not four dimensional linear
Geometric Topology
2012-10-12 v1 Group Theory
Abstract
We give examples of closed orientable graph 3-manifolds with fundamental group which is not a subgroup of GL(4,k) for any field k. This answers a question in the Kirby problem list from 1977 which is credited to the late William Thurston.
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@article{arxiv.1210.3068,
title = {A 3-manifold group which is not four dimensional linear},
author = {J. O. Button},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.3068},
year = {2012}
}