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Subgroups and Quotients of Fundamental Groups

dc.creatorCorson, Samuel Mark
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-21T21:36:26Z
dc.date.available2018-04-09
dc.date.issued2016-04-09
dc.identifier.urihttps://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/etd-03252016-151756
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1803/11351
dc.description.abstractWe explore the descriptive set theory of subgroups of fundamental groups, giving theorems regarding dichotomies on cardinality. In paticular, we show that the quotient of the fundamental group of a path connected, locally path connected Polish space by a normal subgroup which is sufficiently eay to describe topologically (of ``nice' pointclass having the property of Baire) is either countable or of cardinality continuum. In case the space is compact, countability of the quotient implies the quotient is finitely generated. We give upper bounds on the complexity of some subgroups, such as the shape kernel and the Spanier group. Applications to the normal generation of groups are given, as well as an application to covering space theory. We present an array of theorems regarding the first homology of Peano continua. We also demonstrate the existence of subgroups of all but finitely many additive and multiplicative Borel types. We prove that torsion-free word hyperbolic groups are n-slender, and the class of n-slender groups is closed under graph products.
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dc.subjectfundamental group
dc.subjecttopology
dc.subjectsubgroup
dc.subjectPolish space
dc.subjectPeano continuum
dc.titleSubgroups and Quotients of Fundamental Groups
dc.typedissertation
dc.contributor.committeeMemberC. Bruce Hughes
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMichael L. Mihalik
dc.contributor.committeeMemberDenis V. Osin
dc.contributor.committeeMemberPaul D. Sheldon
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.namePHD
thesis.degree.leveldissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineMathematics
thesis.degree.grantorVanderbilt University
local.embargo.terms2018-04-09
local.embargo.lift2018-04-09
dc.contributor.committeeChairMark V. Sapir


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