Obtaining presentations from group actions without making choices.

DOI10.2140/AGT.2011.11.1737zbMATH Open1247.20041arXiv0901.4089OpenAlexW3105365305MaRDI QIDQ541307FDOQ541307

Authors: Andrew Putman 

Publication date: 7 June 2011

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

Abstract: Consider a group $G$ acting nicely on a simply-connected simplicial complex $X$. Numerous classical methods exist for using this group action to produce a presentation for $G$. For the case that $X/G$ is 2-connected, we give a new method that has the novelty that one does not have to identify a fundamental domain for the action. Indeed, the resulting presentation is canonical in the sense that no arbitrary choices need to be made. It can be viewed as a nonabelian analogue of a simple result in the study of equivariant homology.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0901.4089

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zbMATH Keywords

relationssimplicial complexesamalgamated free productsgroup actionsgroup presentationsvertex stabilizers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Free products of groups, free products with amalgamation, Higman-Neumann-Neumann extensions, and generalizations (20E06) Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Topological methods in group theory (57M07)

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