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A counterexample to a strong version of the Andrews-Curtis conjecture

Algebraic Topology 2018-07-02 v1 Group Theory Geometric Topology K-Theory and Homology

Abstract

We prove that the presentations x,y[x,y],1\langle x,y | [x,y],1 \rangle and x,y[x,[x,y1]]2y[y1,x]y1,[x,[[y1,x],x]]\langle x,y | [x,[x,y^{-1}]]^2y[y^{-1},x]y^{-1},[x,[[y^{-1},x],x]] \rangle are not QQ^*-equivalent even though their standard complexes have the same simple homotopy type.

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@article{arxiv.1806.11493,
  title  = {A counterexample to a strong version of the Andrews-Curtis conjecture},
  author = {Jonathan Ariel Barmak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.11493},
  year   = {2018}
}

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7 pages, 1 figure