Three-manifolds and Baumslag-Solitar groups (Q5928500)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1582741
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| English | Three-manifolds and Baumslag-Solitar groups |
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1582741 |
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Three-manifolds and Baumslag-Solitar groups (English)
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8 January 2002
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The author shows that the Baumslag-Solitar relation \(x^n= yx^m y^{-1}\) cannot hold in a nondegenerate way in the fundamental group of an orientable 3-manifold.
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3-manifold group
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torus theorem
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