Stably Free Modules over the Klein Bottle
Stably Free Modules over the Klein Bottle
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>