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Vestn. Tomsk. Gos. Univ. Mat. Mekh., 2019 Number 60, Pages 32–41 (Mi vtgu720)

MATHEMATICS

Cyclically presented Sieradski groups with even number of generators and three dimensional manifolds

T. A. Kozlovskaya

Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russian Federation

Abstract: The Sieradski groups are defined by the presentation $S(m)=\langle x_1,x_2,\dots,x_m\mid x_ix_{i+1}, i=1,\dots,m\rangle$, where all subscripts are taken by $\mod m$. The generalized Sieradski groups $S(m,p,q)$ are groups with $m$-cyclic presentation $G_m(w)$, where word $w$ has a special form depending on coprime integers $p$ and $q$. We study the problem if a given presentation is geometric, i.e. it corresponds to a spine of a closed orientable $3$-manifold. It was shown by Cavicchioli, Hegenbarth, and Kim that the generalized Sieradski group presentation $S(m,p,q)$ corresponds to a spine of some $3$-manifold which we denote as $M(m,p,q)$. Moreover, $M(m,p,q)$ are $m$-fold cyclic coverings of $S^3$ branched over the torus $(p,q)$-knot. Howie and Williams proved that $M(2n,3,2)$ are $n$-fold cyclic coverings of the lens space $L(3,1)$. A. Vesnin and T. Kozlovskaya established that $M(2n,5,2)$ are $n$-fold cyclic coverings of the lens space $L(5,1)$. In this paper, we consider generalized Sieradski manifolds $M(2n,7,2)$ $n\geqslant 1$. We prove that the $n$-cyclic presentations of their groups are geometric, i.e., correspond to spines of closed connected orientable $3$-manifolds. Moreover, manifolds $M(2n,7,2)$ are the $n$-fold cyclic coverings of the lens space $L(7,1)$. For the classification some of the constructed manifolds, we use the Recognizer computer program.

Keywords: three-dimensional manifold, branched covering, lens space, cyclically presented group, Sieradski group.

UDC: 514.132+515.162

MSC: 57M05, 20F05, 57M50

Received: 29.05.2019

DOI: 10.17223/19988621/60/3



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