Embedding a 2-complex \(K\) in \(R^ 4\) when \(H^ 2(K)\) is a cyclic group (Q911104)

It is proved in the paper that every finite 2-dimensional cell complex with cyclic second cohomology embeds in \({\mathbb{R}}^ 4\) tamely. The theorem is proved first for the case when the second cohomology is infinite cyclic and the second homology is generated by an embedded surface. The general case is reduced to this case by successively replacing a given complex by ``nicer'' complexes. To get tame embeddings on the 2-cells the proof uses Freedman's disk embedding theorem.