Homology roses and the D(2)-problem

Publication date 25 September 2015

Abstract: For a commutative ring

R

with a unit, an

R

-homology rose is a topological space whose homology groups with

R

-coefficients agree with those of a bouquet of cirlces. In this paper, we study some special properties of covering spaces and fundamental groups of

R

-homology roses, from which we obtain some result supporting the Carlsson conjecture on free

(Z_{p})^{r}

actions. In addition, for a group

G

and a field

F

, we define an integer called the

F

-gap of

G

, which is an obstruction for

G

to be realized as the fundamental group of a 2-dimensional

F

-homology rose. Furthermore, we discuss how to search candidates of the counterexamples of Wall's D(2)-problem among

F

-homology roses and

F

-acyclic spaces.

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