Stackings and the W-cycles conjecture

Abstract: We prove Wise's

W

-cycles conjecture. Consider a compact graph

G a m m a^{'}

immering into another graph

G a m m a

. For any immersed cycle

L a m b d a : S^{1} o G a m m a

, we consider the map

L a m b d a^{'}

from the circular components

m a t h b b S

of the pullback to

G a m m a^{'}

. Unless

L a m b d a^{'}

is reducible, the degree of the covering map

m a t h b b S o S^{1}

is bounded above by minus the Euler characteristic of

G a m m a^{'}

. As a consequence, we obtain a homological version of coherence for one-relator groups.

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