On manifold spines and cyclic presentations of groups
Volume 42 / 1998
Banach Center Publications 42 (1998), 49-56
DOI: 10.4064/-42-1-49-56
Abstract
This is a survey of results and open problems on compact 3-manifolds which admit spines corresponding to cyclic presentations of groups. We also discuss questions concerning spines of knot manifolds and regular neighborhoods of homotopically PL embedded compacta in 3-manifolds.
