Texas Project NExT Journal
Vol. 2 (2004), pp. 1-10.
MSC (2000): Primary 57M20; Secondary 57M05
Key words: Two-dimensional complexes, Presentations
Abstract: Let $G$ be any group, and $\p$ a presentation for the group.
Every group presentation gives rise to a connected two-dimensional CW-complex,
$X_{\p}$, with fundamental group, $\pi_1 X_{\p} \cong G$, in a standard way.
These two-dimensional CW-complexes are called $[G,2]$-complexes. We will
restrict our attention to these since all two-dimensional CW-complexes with
$\pi_1X \cong G$ are homotopy equivalent to $[G,2]$-complexes. An open problem
in low-dimensional topology is the classification of the homotopy type of
$[G,2]$-complexes. Some progress has been made on this problem in different
contexts. In this paper, we examine the Magnus Embedding Theorem, its
application to this problem, and extend it to an embedding of the second
homotopy module.
Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, Sam Houston State Univ., Huntsville, TX
77341
e-mail: jensen@shsu.edu.edu
Received by Editor: May 28, 2004 and, in revised form November 14,
2004.
Posted: December 22, 2004.
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