ABSTRACT. Torsion-free subgroups of finite index in the Picard group are the fundamental groups of hyperbolic 3-manifolds. The Picard group is a polygonal product of finite groups. Recent work by Karrass. Pietrowski and Soli tar on the subgroups of a polygonal product make it feasible to calculate all the torsion-free subgroups of any finite index. This computation is carried out here for index 12 and 24, where there are, respectively, 2 and 17 nonisomorphic subgroups. The manifolds are identified by using surgery.
A torsion-free discrete subgroup G of PSL(2, C) acts as a group of isometries of hyperbolic 3-space H3. The resulting quotient manifold M has H3 as its universal covering space with G as the group of cover transformations. We shall give examples where M has finite hyperbolic volume and is a link complement in S3. In these examples, G is a subgroup of the Picard group and in most cases is given as an HNN extension or a free product with amalgamation of kleinian groups with fuchsian groups as amalgamated or conjugated subgroups.
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