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Stably Free Modules over the Klein Bottle

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Introduction<br />

Constructing a <strong>Stably</strong> <strong>Free</strong> Module<br />

Applications to <strong>the</strong> <strong>Klein</strong> <strong>Bottle</strong><br />

Euler Characteristic<br />

We would like to classify all homotopy types of (G, 2)-complexes<br />

with a fixed Euler Characteristic n.<br />

Theorem (Asphericity)<br />

The <strong>Klein</strong> bottle, with χ(X ) = 0, has <strong>the</strong> minimal Euler<br />

characteristic of all (G, 2)-complexes. Fur<strong>the</strong>rmore, <strong>the</strong> <strong>Klein</strong><br />

<strong>Bottle</strong> is <strong>the</strong> only (G, 2)-complex with Euler characteristic equal to<br />

0, up to homotopy.<br />

We use Algebra to next classify (G, 2)-complexes with Euler<br />

characteristic 1.<br />

Andrew Misseldine <strong>Stably</strong> <strong>Free</strong> <strong>Modules</strong> <strong>over</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Klein</strong> <strong>Bottle</strong>

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