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On the fundamental group of an almost-acyclic 2-complex

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

James Howie
James Howie
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Department of MathematicsUniversity of EdinburghEdinburgh EH9 3JZ
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A 2-complex K is called almost-acyclic if H2(K) = 0 and H1(K) is torsion-free. This class of complexes was introduced in a previous paper (2), and applied to a problem of J. H. C. Whitehead concerning aspherical 2-complexes. In this note, the methods developed in (2) are used to study the finitely-generated subgroups of the fundamental group of an almost-acyclic 2-complex.

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Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , June 1981 , pp. 119 - 122
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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1981

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