Bieberbach theorem for compact, flat Riemannian orbifolds












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In his thesis, Bieberbach solved Hilbert 18 problem and
proved that any compact, flat Riemannian manifold is a
quotient of a torus. I need a reference to an orbifold version
of this result: any compact, flat Riemannian manifold $M$ is a
quotient of a torus.



It should not be hard to prove: we should take the development
map and it should give a local isometry from the orbifold
universal cover of $M$ to ${Bbb R}^n$. The corresponding
monodromy action defines a homomorphism from the orbifold
fundamental group of $M$ to the group of affine isometries.
The rotational part of its image is finite by Margulis lemma.



However, I am pretty sure it's published somewhere,
and it's always safer (and more ethical) to cite.



Thanks in advance.










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    If you need a textbook reference you could use "Bieberbach Groups and Flat Manifolds" by L. S. Charlap or "Spaces of constant curvature by J. A Wolf.
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    – Igor Belegradek
    Feb 9 at 17:59










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    does it have the result stated for orbifolds?
    $endgroup$
    – Misha Verbitsky
    Feb 9 at 18:05










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    They don't use the word "orbifold". Everything is stated for discrete isometry groups of $mathbb R^n$. Which is the same thing because flat orbifolds are good.
    $endgroup$
    – Igor Belegradek
    Feb 9 at 18:07








  • 4




    $begingroup$
    It seems you are unaware of the fact that complete nonpositively curved orbifolds are good (i.e., developable). This is due to Gromov (I think) and proved e.g. in Bridson-Haefliger "Metric spaces of nonpositive curvature".
    $endgroup$
    – Igor Belegradek
    Feb 9 at 19:08










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    thanks, I would look in this book
    $endgroup$
    – Misha Verbitsky
    Feb 10 at 19:05
















7












$begingroup$


In his thesis, Bieberbach solved Hilbert 18 problem and
proved that any compact, flat Riemannian manifold is a
quotient of a torus. I need a reference to an orbifold version
of this result: any compact, flat Riemannian manifold $M$ is a
quotient of a torus.



It should not be hard to prove: we should take the development
map and it should give a local isometry from the orbifold
universal cover of $M$ to ${Bbb R}^n$. The corresponding
monodromy action defines a homomorphism from the orbifold
fundamental group of $M$ to the group of affine isometries.
The rotational part of its image is finite by Margulis lemma.



However, I am pretty sure it's published somewhere,
and it's always safer (and more ethical) to cite.



Thanks in advance.










share|cite|improve this question











$endgroup$












  • $begingroup$
    If you need a textbook reference you could use "Bieberbach Groups and Flat Manifolds" by L. S. Charlap or "Spaces of constant curvature by J. A Wolf.
    $endgroup$
    – Igor Belegradek
    Feb 9 at 17:59










  • $begingroup$
    does it have the result stated for orbifolds?
    $endgroup$
    – Misha Verbitsky
    Feb 9 at 18:05










  • $begingroup$
    They don't use the word "orbifold". Everything is stated for discrete isometry groups of $mathbb R^n$. Which is the same thing because flat orbifolds are good.
    $endgroup$
    – Igor Belegradek
    Feb 9 at 18:07








  • 4




    $begingroup$
    It seems you are unaware of the fact that complete nonpositively curved orbifolds are good (i.e., developable). This is due to Gromov (I think) and proved e.g. in Bridson-Haefliger "Metric spaces of nonpositive curvature".
    $endgroup$
    – Igor Belegradek
    Feb 9 at 19:08










  • $begingroup$
    thanks, I would look in this book
    $endgroup$
    – Misha Verbitsky
    Feb 10 at 19:05














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$begingroup$


In his thesis, Bieberbach solved Hilbert 18 problem and
proved that any compact, flat Riemannian manifold is a
quotient of a torus. I need a reference to an orbifold version
of this result: any compact, flat Riemannian manifold $M$ is a
quotient of a torus.



It should not be hard to prove: we should take the development
map and it should give a local isometry from the orbifold
universal cover of $M$ to ${Bbb R}^n$. The corresponding
monodromy action defines a homomorphism from the orbifold
fundamental group of $M$ to the group of affine isometries.
The rotational part of its image is finite by Margulis lemma.



However, I am pretty sure it's published somewhere,
and it's always safer (and more ethical) to cite.



Thanks in advance.










share|cite|improve this question











$endgroup$




In his thesis, Bieberbach solved Hilbert 18 problem and
proved that any compact, flat Riemannian manifold is a
quotient of a torus. I need a reference to an orbifold version
of this result: any compact, flat Riemannian manifold $M$ is a
quotient of a torus.



It should not be hard to prove: we should take the development
map and it should give a local isometry from the orbifold
universal cover of $M$ to ${Bbb R}^n$. The corresponding
monodromy action defines a homomorphism from the orbifold
fundamental group of $M$ to the group of affine isometries.
The rotational part of its image is finite by Margulis lemma.



However, I am pretty sure it's published somewhere,
and it's always safer (and more ethical) to cite.



Thanks in advance.







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  • $begingroup$
    If you need a textbook reference you could use "Bieberbach Groups and Flat Manifolds" by L. S. Charlap or "Spaces of constant curvature by J. A Wolf.
    $endgroup$
    – Igor Belegradek
    Feb 9 at 17:59










  • $begingroup$
    does it have the result stated for orbifolds?
    $endgroup$
    – Misha Verbitsky
    Feb 9 at 18:05










  • $begingroup$
    They don't use the word "orbifold". Everything is stated for discrete isometry groups of $mathbb R^n$. Which is the same thing because flat orbifolds are good.
    $endgroup$
    – Igor Belegradek
    Feb 9 at 18:07








  • 4




    $begingroup$
    It seems you are unaware of the fact that complete nonpositively curved orbifolds are good (i.e., developable). This is due to Gromov (I think) and proved e.g. in Bridson-Haefliger "Metric spaces of nonpositive curvature".
    $endgroup$
    – Igor Belegradek
    Feb 9 at 19:08










  • $begingroup$
    thanks, I would look in this book
    $endgroup$
    – Misha Verbitsky
    Feb 10 at 19:05


















  • $begingroup$
    If you need a textbook reference you could use "Bieberbach Groups and Flat Manifolds" by L. S. Charlap or "Spaces of constant curvature by J. A Wolf.
    $endgroup$
    – Igor Belegradek
    Feb 9 at 17:59










  • $begingroup$
    does it have the result stated for orbifolds?
    $endgroup$
    – Misha Verbitsky
    Feb 9 at 18:05










  • $begingroup$
    They don't use the word "orbifold". Everything is stated for discrete isometry groups of $mathbb R^n$. Which is the same thing because flat orbifolds are good.
    $endgroup$
    – Igor Belegradek
    Feb 9 at 18:07








  • 4




    $begingroup$
    It seems you are unaware of the fact that complete nonpositively curved orbifolds are good (i.e., developable). This is due to Gromov (I think) and proved e.g. in Bridson-Haefliger "Metric spaces of nonpositive curvature".
    $endgroup$
    – Igor Belegradek
    Feb 9 at 19:08










  • $begingroup$
    thanks, I would look in this book
    $endgroup$
    – Misha Verbitsky
    Feb 10 at 19:05
















$begingroup$
If you need a textbook reference you could use "Bieberbach Groups and Flat Manifolds" by L. S. Charlap or "Spaces of constant curvature by J. A Wolf.
$endgroup$
– Igor Belegradek
Feb 9 at 17:59




$begingroup$
If you need a textbook reference you could use "Bieberbach Groups and Flat Manifolds" by L. S. Charlap or "Spaces of constant curvature by J. A Wolf.
$endgroup$
– Igor Belegradek
Feb 9 at 17:59












$begingroup$
does it have the result stated for orbifolds?
$endgroup$
– Misha Verbitsky
Feb 9 at 18:05




$begingroup$
does it have the result stated for orbifolds?
$endgroup$
– Misha Verbitsky
Feb 9 at 18:05












$begingroup$
They don't use the word "orbifold". Everything is stated for discrete isometry groups of $mathbb R^n$. Which is the same thing because flat orbifolds are good.
$endgroup$
– Igor Belegradek
Feb 9 at 18:07






$begingroup$
They don't use the word "orbifold". Everything is stated for discrete isometry groups of $mathbb R^n$. Which is the same thing because flat orbifolds are good.
$endgroup$
– Igor Belegradek
Feb 9 at 18:07






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$begingroup$
It seems you are unaware of the fact that complete nonpositively curved orbifolds are good (i.e., developable). This is due to Gromov (I think) and proved e.g. in Bridson-Haefliger "Metric spaces of nonpositive curvature".
$endgroup$
– Igor Belegradek
Feb 9 at 19:08




$begingroup$
It seems you are unaware of the fact that complete nonpositively curved orbifolds are good (i.e., developable). This is due to Gromov (I think) and proved e.g. in Bridson-Haefliger "Metric spaces of nonpositive curvature".
$endgroup$
– Igor Belegradek
Feb 9 at 19:08












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thanks, I would look in this book
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Bieberbach‘s 1911-12 paper (part 1, part2) proves a result about groups rather than manifolds, and it does not assume the groups to be torsion-free. In today’s language it says that a discrete, cocompact group of Euclidean isometries contains its subgroup of translations (which is necessarily a free Abelian group) as a subgroup of finite index. So you can just cite Bieberbach.






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    I also need to prove that the development map is globally defined. For example, for an orbifold CP^1 with one conical point, there is no globally defined development map, because it is simply connected.
    $endgroup$
    – Misha Verbitsky
    Feb 9 at 18:04






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    This example is not flat. It is not a good orbifold (i.e., does not have a manifold cover) and in particular has no universal covering, on which the developing map could be globally defined.
    $endgroup$
    – ThiKu
    Feb 9 at 19:13






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    However, if an orbifold has a universal covering, then the standard construction of a developing map works.
    $endgroup$
    – ThiKu
    Feb 9 at 19:15






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    And a geometric orbifold (e.g., a flat orbifold) always has a manifold cover and hence a universal covering. This should be in Thurston‘s lecture notes.
    $endgroup$
    – ThiKu
    Feb 9 at 19:23



















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Besides Charlap's book (already mentioned in comments above), I think the following reference can be very helpful in situating these concepts with more modern language, despite not specifically mentioning "orbifolds":




P. Buser, A geometric proof of Bieberbach’s theorems on crystallographic groups, Enseign. Math. (2), 31 (1985), 137–145.







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    Bieberbach‘s 1911-12 paper (part 1, part2) proves a result about groups rather than manifolds, and it does not assume the groups to be torsion-free. In today’s language it says that a discrete, cocompact group of Euclidean isometries contains its subgroup of translations (which is necessarily a free Abelian group) as a subgroup of finite index. So you can just cite Bieberbach.






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    • $begingroup$
      I also need to prove that the development map is globally defined. For example, for an orbifold CP^1 with one conical point, there is no globally defined development map, because it is simply connected.
      $endgroup$
      – Misha Verbitsky
      Feb 9 at 18:04






    • 2




      $begingroup$
      This example is not flat. It is not a good orbifold (i.e., does not have a manifold cover) and in particular has no universal covering, on which the developing map could be globally defined.
      $endgroup$
      – ThiKu
      Feb 9 at 19:13






    • 2




      $begingroup$
      However, if an orbifold has a universal covering, then the standard construction of a developing map works.
      $endgroup$
      – ThiKu
      Feb 9 at 19:15






    • 3




      $begingroup$
      And a geometric orbifold (e.g., a flat orbifold) always has a manifold cover and hence a universal covering. This should be in Thurston‘s lecture notes.
      $endgroup$
      – ThiKu
      Feb 9 at 19:23
















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    $begingroup$

    Bieberbach‘s 1911-12 paper (part 1, part2) proves a result about groups rather than manifolds, and it does not assume the groups to be torsion-free. In today’s language it says that a discrete, cocompact group of Euclidean isometries contains its subgroup of translations (which is necessarily a free Abelian group) as a subgroup of finite index. So you can just cite Bieberbach.






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    • $begingroup$
      I also need to prove that the development map is globally defined. For example, for an orbifold CP^1 with one conical point, there is no globally defined development map, because it is simply connected.
      $endgroup$
      – Misha Verbitsky
      Feb 9 at 18:04






    • 2




      $begingroup$
      This example is not flat. It is not a good orbifold (i.e., does not have a manifold cover) and in particular has no universal covering, on which the developing map could be globally defined.
      $endgroup$
      – ThiKu
      Feb 9 at 19:13






    • 2




      $begingroup$
      However, if an orbifold has a universal covering, then the standard construction of a developing map works.
      $endgroup$
      – ThiKu
      Feb 9 at 19:15






    • 3




      $begingroup$
      And a geometric orbifold (e.g., a flat orbifold) always has a manifold cover and hence a universal covering. This should be in Thurston‘s lecture notes.
      $endgroup$
      – ThiKu
      Feb 9 at 19:23














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    $begingroup$

    Bieberbach‘s 1911-12 paper (part 1, part2) proves a result about groups rather than manifolds, and it does not assume the groups to be torsion-free. In today’s language it says that a discrete, cocompact group of Euclidean isometries contains its subgroup of translations (which is necessarily a free Abelian group) as a subgroup of finite index. So you can just cite Bieberbach.






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    Bieberbach‘s 1911-12 paper (part 1, part2) proves a result about groups rather than manifolds, and it does not assume the groups to be torsion-free. In today’s language it says that a discrete, cocompact group of Euclidean isometries contains its subgroup of translations (which is necessarily a free Abelian group) as a subgroup of finite index. So you can just cite Bieberbach.







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    • $begingroup$
      I also need to prove that the development map is globally defined. For example, for an orbifold CP^1 with one conical point, there is no globally defined development map, because it is simply connected.
      $endgroup$
      – Misha Verbitsky
      Feb 9 at 18:04






    • 2




      $begingroup$
      This example is not flat. It is not a good orbifold (i.e., does not have a manifold cover) and in particular has no universal covering, on which the developing map could be globally defined.
      $endgroup$
      – ThiKu
      Feb 9 at 19:13






    • 2




      $begingroup$
      However, if an orbifold has a universal covering, then the standard construction of a developing map works.
      $endgroup$
      – ThiKu
      Feb 9 at 19:15






    • 3




      $begingroup$
      And a geometric orbifold (e.g., a flat orbifold) always has a manifold cover and hence a universal covering. This should be in Thurston‘s lecture notes.
      $endgroup$
      – ThiKu
      Feb 9 at 19:23


















    • $begingroup$
      I also need to prove that the development map is globally defined. For example, for an orbifold CP^1 with one conical point, there is no globally defined development map, because it is simply connected.
      $endgroup$
      – Misha Verbitsky
      Feb 9 at 18:04






    • 2




      $begingroup$
      This example is not flat. It is not a good orbifold (i.e., does not have a manifold cover) and in particular has no universal covering, on which the developing map could be globally defined.
      $endgroup$
      – ThiKu
      Feb 9 at 19:13






    • 2




      $begingroup$
      However, if an orbifold has a universal covering, then the standard construction of a developing map works.
      $endgroup$
      – ThiKu
      Feb 9 at 19:15






    • 3




      $begingroup$
      And a geometric orbifold (e.g., a flat orbifold) always has a manifold cover and hence a universal covering. This should be in Thurston‘s lecture notes.
      $endgroup$
      – ThiKu
      Feb 9 at 19:23
















    $begingroup$
    I also need to prove that the development map is globally defined. For example, for an orbifold CP^1 with one conical point, there is no globally defined development map, because it is simply connected.
    $endgroup$
    – Misha Verbitsky
    Feb 9 at 18:04




    $begingroup$
    I also need to prove that the development map is globally defined. For example, for an orbifold CP^1 with one conical point, there is no globally defined development map, because it is simply connected.
    $endgroup$
    – Misha Verbitsky
    Feb 9 at 18:04




    2




    2




    $begingroup$
    This example is not flat. It is not a good orbifold (i.e., does not have a manifold cover) and in particular has no universal covering, on which the developing map could be globally defined.
    $endgroup$
    – ThiKu
    Feb 9 at 19:13




    $begingroup$
    This example is not flat. It is not a good orbifold (i.e., does not have a manifold cover) and in particular has no universal covering, on which the developing map could be globally defined.
    $endgroup$
    – ThiKu
    Feb 9 at 19:13




    2




    2




    $begingroup$
    However, if an orbifold has a universal covering, then the standard construction of a developing map works.
    $endgroup$
    – ThiKu
    Feb 9 at 19:15




    $begingroup$
    However, if an orbifold has a universal covering, then the standard construction of a developing map works.
    $endgroup$
    – ThiKu
    Feb 9 at 19:15




    3




    3




    $begingroup$
    And a geometric orbifold (e.g., a flat orbifold) always has a manifold cover and hence a universal covering. This should be in Thurston‘s lecture notes.
    $endgroup$
    – ThiKu
    Feb 9 at 19:23




    $begingroup$
    And a geometric orbifold (e.g., a flat orbifold) always has a manifold cover and hence a universal covering. This should be in Thurston‘s lecture notes.
    $endgroup$
    – ThiKu
    Feb 9 at 19:23











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    Besides Charlap's book (already mentioned in comments above), I think the following reference can be very helpful in situating these concepts with more modern language, despite not specifically mentioning "orbifolds":




    P. Buser, A geometric proof of Bieberbach’s theorems on crystallographic groups, Enseign. Math. (2), 31 (1985), 137–145.







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      Besides Charlap's book (already mentioned in comments above), I think the following reference can be very helpful in situating these concepts with more modern language, despite not specifically mentioning "orbifolds":




      P. Buser, A geometric proof of Bieberbach’s theorems on crystallographic groups, Enseign. Math. (2), 31 (1985), 137–145.







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        Besides Charlap's book (already mentioned in comments above), I think the following reference can be very helpful in situating these concepts with more modern language, despite not specifically mentioning "orbifolds":




        P. Buser, A geometric proof of Bieberbach’s theorems on crystallographic groups, Enseign. Math. (2), 31 (1985), 137–145.







        share|cite|improve this answer









        $endgroup$



        Besides Charlap's book (already mentioned in comments above), I think the following reference can be very helpful in situating these concepts with more modern language, despite not specifically mentioning "orbifolds":




        P. Buser, A geometric proof of Bieberbach’s theorems on crystallographic groups, Enseign. Math. (2), 31 (1985), 137–145.








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