Presentation complexes with the fixed point property (Q520890): Difference between revisions

\textit{R. H. Bing} in his well-known article [Am. Math. Mon. 76, 119--132 (1969; Zbl 0174.25902)] asked amongst others two questions: 1) Is there a compact two-dimensional polytope with the fixed point property and even Euler characteristic? 2) What is the smallest number \(n\) such that there is an \(n\)-dimensional polytope \(X\) with the fixed point property and a disk \(D\) such that \(X\cap D\) is an arc and \(X\cup D\) fails to have the fixed point property? The author answers both questions: The answer to the first question is affirmative: the author exhibits a two-dimensional polytope \(X\) with the fixed point property satisfying \(\chi(X)=2\) such that the fundamental group is nonabelian of order 243. The answer to Question 2 is affirmative as well. The author exhibits a two-dimensional compact polyhedron without the fixed point property which collapses to a polyhedron with the fixed point property. So \(n=2\). The author makes extensive use of the software packet GAP (``Groups, Algorithms, and Programming'').