A stably free nonfree module and its relevance for homotopy classification, case Q28

The paper constructs an “exotic” algebraic 2–complex over the generalized quaternion group of order 28, with the boundary maps given by explicit matrices over the group ring. This result depends on showing that a certain ideal of the group ring is stably free but not free. As it is not known whether the complex constructed here is geometrically realizable, this example is proposed as a suitable test object in the investigation of an open problem of C T C Wall, now referred to as the D(2)–problem.

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Keywords

algebraic 2–complex, Wall's D(2)–problem, geometric realization of algebraic 2–complexes, homotopy classification of 2–complexes, generalized quaternion groups, partial projective resolution, stably free nonfree module

Mathematical Subject Classification 2000

Primary: 57M20

Secondary: 55P15, 19A13

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Publication

Received: 10 February 2005

Accepted: 1 June 2005

Published: 29 July 2005

Authors

F Rudolf Beyl
Department of Mathematics and Statistics Portland State University Portland OR 97207-0751 USA

Nancy Waller
Department of Mathematics and Statistics Portland State University Portland OR 97207-0751 USA

Volume 5, issue 3 (2005)

F Rudolf Beyl and Nancy Waller

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