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Realizing algebraic 2-complexes by cell complexes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

W. H. MANNAN*
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Sheffield, Hounsfield Road, Sheffield S3 7RH e-mail: wajid@mannan.info

Abstract

The realization theorem asserts that for a finitely presented group G, the D(2) property and the realization property are equivalent as long as G satisfies a certain finiteness condition. We show that the two properties are in fact equivalent for all finitely presented groups.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 2008

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