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Closed-manifold realization of a finitely presented fundamental group (π1​(B)=T,dimB≥4)

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Every finitely presented group is the fundamental group of a closed connected smooth manifold in dimension at least four. Build a compact zero/one/two-handle manifold W with the generators and relators of the presentation. Disjoint attaching loops can be embedded in its boundary of dimension at least three. The Seifert-van Kampen theorem gives π1​(W)=T, and the dual relative handle structure makes π1​(∂W)→T surjective. Doubling W along its boundary gives the amalgam of two copies of T along that same surjection, which is again T. This construction underlies binary families of nonhomeomorphic Sunada quotients.

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