Cellular approximations using Moore spaces
The authors study the effect of the homotopy fiber \(\overline{P}_A\) of the periodization functor \(P_A\) [\textit{A. K. Bousfield}, J. Am. Math. Soc. 7, No. 4, 831-873 (1994; Zbl 0839.55008)], and the effect of the cellularization functor \(CW_A\) [\textit{E. Dror Farjoun}, Cellular spaces, null spaces and homotopy localization, Lect. Notes Math. 1622 (1995; Zbl 0842.55001)], on the classifying space of a discrete group \(N\), where \(A\) is a two-dimensional Moore space with fundamental group \(G\). The fundamental group of \(\overline{P}_A(K(N,1))\) (resp. \(CW_A(K(N,1))\)) is shown to be a central extension of the so-called \(G\)-radical (resp. \(G\)-socle) of \(N\). Both central extensions are characterized by a universal property. The authors moreover show that a connected space is \(M({\mathbb Z}/p,1)\)-acyclic (resp. \(M({\mathbb Z}/p,1)\)-cellular) if and only if it is a \(p\)-torsion space with fundamental group equal to its \({\mathbb Z}/p\)-radical (resp. \({\mathbb Z}/p\)-socle). In general, the two functors \(\overline{P}_A\) and \(CW_A\) coincide if and only if each \(A\)-acyclic space is \(A\)-cellular or, equivalently, iff the class of \(A\)-cellular spaces is closed under fibration-extension [\textit{W. Chachólski}, Duke Math. J. 84, No. 3, 599-631 (1996; Zbl 0873.55014)]. This holds, e.g., if \(A\) is a universal \(R\)-acyclic space for a commutative unitary ring \(R\), which means that the class of \(A\)-cellular spaces is precisely the class of \(R\)-acyclic spaces. According to \textit{A. J. Berrick} and \textit{C. Casacuberta} [Topology 38, No. 3, 467-477 (1999; Zbl 0933.55016)], there exists a two-dimensional Moore space \(A\) realizing a universal \({\mathbb Z}\)-acyclic space. For this \(A\), the two functors \(\overline{P}_A\) and \(CW_A\) coincide with the acyclic functor of \textit{E. Dror Farjoun} [ibid. 11, 339-348 (1972; Zbl 0244.55006)] which is the homotopy fiber of Quillen's plus construction [\textit{J. Y. Tai}, J. Pure Appl. Algebra 132, No. 2, 207-220 (1998; Zbl 0942.55014)]. The central extension studied by the authors coincides in this case with the universal central extension of the maximal perfect subgroup of \(N\). For the entire collection see [Zbl 0966.00032].
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