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Profinite rigidity properties of central extensions of $2$-orbifold groups

Paweł Piwek

Algebraic & Geometric Topology 26 (2026) 565–597
Abstract

We extend Wilkes’ results on the profinite rigidity of Seifert fibre spaces to the setting of central extensions of 2-orbifold groups with higher-rank centre. We prove that both rigid and nonrigid phenomena arise in this setting and that the nonrigid phenomena are transient in the sense that if G^1G^2, then G1 × G2 × .

Keywords
profinite rigidity, group cohomology, $2$-orbifolds
Mathematical Subject Classification
Primary: 20E26
Secondary: 20E18
References
Publication
Received: 27 March 2024
Revised: 24 November 2024
Accepted: 19 March 2025
Published: 11 February 2026
Authors
Paweł Piwek
Mathematical Institute
University of Oxford
Oxford
United Kingdom

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