$2$-stratifolds with fundamental group $\mathbb{Z}$

Abstract

$2$-stratifolds are a generalization of $2$-manifolds that occur as objects in applications such as in TDA. These spaces can be described by an associated bicoloured labelled graph. In previous papers we obtained a classification of 1-connected trivalent $2$-stratifolds. In this paper we classify trivalent $2$-stratifolds that have fundamental group $\mathbb{Z}$. This classification implicitly gives an efficient algorithm that applies to a bicoloured labelled graph to decide wether the associated $2$-stratifold has fundamental group $\mathbb{Z}$.