A stably free nonfree module and its relevance for homotopy classification, case Q₂₈

DOI10.2140/AGT.2005.5.899MaRDI QIDQ2571370zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors F. Rudolf Beyl, Nancy Waller

Publication date 1 November 2005

Published in Algebraic \& Geometric Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0508196, https://eudml.org/doc/125799, http://www.emis.de/journals/UW/agt/AGTVol5/agt-5-37.abs.html

zbMATH Keywords

algebraic 2-complexgeometric realizationWall's D(2)-problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stability for projective modules (19A13) Classification of homotopy type (55P15)

Abstract: The paper constructs an `exotic' algebraic 2-complex over the generalized quaternion group of order 28, with the boundary maps given by explicit matrices over the group ring. This result depends on showing that a certain ideal of the group ring is stably free but not free. As it is not known whether the complex constructed here is geometrically realizable, this example is proposed as a suitable test object in the investigation of an open problem of C.T.C. Wall, now referred to as the D(2)-problem.

Review text

The result of the present paper grew out of joint work of the authors with \textit{P. Latiolais} on homotopy types of 2-complexes with a finite 3-manifold group as a fundamental group [Proc. Edinb. Math. Soc., II. Ser. 40, No. 1, 69--84 (1997; Zbl 0927.57003)]. Certain stably free but nonfree projective modules detected by Swan give rise to the question whether these can be realized by the second homotopy of two-dimensional CW-complexes thus yielding exotic homotopy types. Moreover, the outcome is crucial for the still open D(2)-problem raised by C. T. C. Wall. The authors present a very important intermediate step. For \(G\) being the generalized quaternion group of order 28, they give a concrete realization of Swan's module in a \(Z(G)\)-complex that algebraically looks like the universal covering complex of a presentation of \(G\). The explicitly given low-size matrices give the best hope to decide, whether the chain homotopy type of this realization actually is geometric or not.

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