Geometric goup presentations: a combinatorial approach

Authors

  • Paola Bandieri University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Keywords:

Canonical spines, Geometric group presentations, Heegaard diagrams

Abstract

In this paper we obtain combinatorial conditions for the geometricity of group presentations; such a criterion holds both for orientable and for non-orientable manifolds.

Author Biography

  • Paola Bandieri, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
    Department of Mathematics
    Via Campi 213 B, I-41100 MODENA (Italy)

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2008-08-06

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Vol. 63 No. 1 (2008)

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