Bieberbach groups and flat manifolds with finite abelian holonomy from Artin braid groups

Abstract

Let $n\geq 3$. In this paper we show that for any finite abelian subgroup $G$ of $S_n$ the crystallographic group $B_n/[P_n,P_n]$ has Bieberbach subgroups $\Gamma_{G}$ with holonomy group $G$. Using this approach we obtain an explicit description of the holonomy representation of the Bieberbach group $\Gamma_{G}$. As an application, when the holonomy group is cyclic of odd order, we study the holonomy representation of $\Gamma_{G}$ and determine the existence of Anosov diffeomorphisms and K\"ahler geometry of the flat manifold ${\cal X}_{\Gamma_{G}}$ with fundamental group the Bieberbach group $\Gamma_{G}\leq B_n/[P_n,P_n]$.