A torus reduction theorem for regular coverings of 3-manifolds by homology 3-spheres

Abstract

AbstractFor any regular covering p:M→M of 3-dimensional manifolds M, M with M a homology 3-sphere we construct a regular covering p′: M′ → M′ of 3-manifolds M′, M′ with the same group of covering transformations and a degree 1 map f:M → M′ so that M′ is a homology 3-sphere, M′ (and hence M′) is irreducible and does not contain incompressible tori, and the regular covering p:M→M is induced from the regular covering p′: M′ → M′ by the map f. Assuming Thurston's geometrization conjecture it follows that M′ (and hence M′) is either hyperbolic or Seifert fibred.