# Two series of polyhedral fundamental domains for Lorentz bi-quotients

**Authors:** Nasser Bin Turki, Anna Pratoussevitch

arXiv: 1903.01011 · 2021-04-02

## TL;DR

This paper constructs two infinite series of Lorentz space forms as bi-quotients of a Lie group, providing explicit polyhedral fundamental domains linked to surface singularities and their topological links.

## Contribution

It explicitly describes fundamental domains for two infinite series of Lorentz bi-quotients, connecting geometric group actions with singularity theory.

## Key findings

- Explicit fundamental domains for the series are constructed.
- The bi-quotients relate to links of surface singularities.
- Results connect Lorentz geometry with algebraic singularity theory.

## Abstract

The main aim of this paper is to give two infinite series of examples of Lorentz space forms that can be obtained from Lorentz polyhedra by identification of faces. These Lorentz space forms are bi-quotients of the form $\Gamma_1\backslash G/\Gamma_2$, where $G=\widetilde{\operatorname{SU}(1,1)}\cong\widetilde{\operatorname{SL}(2,{\mathbb R})}$ is a simply connected Lie group with the Lorentz metric given by the Killing form, $\Gamma_1$ and $\Gamma_2$ are discrete subgroups of $G$ and $\Gamma_2$ is cyclic. A construction of polyhedral fundamental domains for the action of $\Gamma_1\times\Gamma_2$ on $G$ via $(g,h)\cdot x=gxh^{-1}$ was given in the earlier work of the second author. In this paper we give an explicit description of the fundamental domains obtained by this construction for two infinite series of groups. These results are connected to singularity theory as the bi-quotients $\Gamma_1\backslash G/\Gamma_2$ appear as links of certain quasi-homogeneous $\mathbb Q$-Gorenstein surface singularities, i.e.\ the intersections of the singular variety with sufficiently small spheres around the isolated singular point.

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