Geometric goup presentations: a combinatorial approach

  • 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)
Published
2008-08-06
Section
Articoli