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Projective modules and the homotopy classification of $(G,n)$-complexes

Algebraic Topology 2024-07-24 v3 K-Theory and Homology

Abstract

A (G,n)(G,n)-complex is an nn-dimensional CW-complex with fundamental group GG and whose universal cover is (n1)(n-1)-connected. If GG has periodic cohomology then, for appropriate nn, we show that there is a one-to-one correspondence between the homotopy types of finite (G,n)(G,n)-complexes and the orbits of the stable class of a certain projective ZG\mathbb{Z} G-module under the action of Aut(G)\text{Aut}(G). We develop techniques to compute this action explicitly and use this to give an example where the action is non-trivial.

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@article{arxiv.2004.04252,
  title  = {Projective modules and the homotopy classification of $(G,n)$-complexes},
  author = {John Nicholson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.04252},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

28 pages. Minor correction to the definition of the Aut(G)-action in Theorem B. More details added throughout. Final version, to appear in Algebraic & Geometric Topology

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