A colimit of classifying spaces

DOI10.1016/J.AIM.2009.11.003zbMath1200.55023arXiv0804.3581OpenAlexW1999296096MaRDI QIDQ962143

Roman Mikhailov, Graham J. Ellis

Publication date: 6 April 2010

Published in: Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0804.3581

zbMATH Keywords

homotopy grouphomotopy colimitcombinatorial group theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classifying spaces of groups and (H)-spaces in algebraic topology (55R35) Topological methods in group theory (57M07) Other groups related to topology or analysis (20F38) Free nonabelian groups (20E05) Homotopy groups of special spaces (55Q52) Homotopy groups of spheres (55Q40) Maps between classifying spaces in algebraic topology (55R37)

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