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A new approach to Whitehead's asphericity question

Algebraic Topology 2012-03-27 v1

Abstract

We investigate Whitehead's asphericity question from a new perspective, using results and techniques of the homotopy theory of finite topological spaces. We also introduce a method of reduction to investigate asphericity based on the interaction between the combinatorics and the topology of finite spaces.

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@article{arxiv.1203.5348,
  title  = {A new approach to Whitehead's asphericity question},
  author = {Manuela Ana Cerdeiro and Elias Gabriel Minian},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.5348},
  year   = {2012}
}

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9 pages, 5 figures

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