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Non-Right-Orderable 3-Manifold Groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

R. Roberts  and
J. Shareshian
R. Roberts
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Washington University, St Louis, MO 63130 e-mail: roberts@math.wustl.edushareshi@math.wustl.edu
J. Shareshian
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Washington University, St Louis, MO 63130 e-mail: roberts@math.wustl.edushareshi@math.wustl.edu
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Abstract

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We exhibit infinitely many hyperbolic 3-manifold groups that are not right-orderable.

Keywords

20F6057M0557M50
Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin , Volume 53 , Issue 4 , 01 December 2010 , pp. 706 - 718
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 2010

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