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On the asphericity of one-relator relative presentations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

Martin Edjvet
Martin Edjvet
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K.
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Abstract

We study the 1-relator relative presentation 〈H, x|xaxbx−1c〉 where H is a group, a, b, c ∈ H, x ∉ H and b, c ≠ 1. We give necessary and sufficient conditions for this presentation to be aspherical apart from two outstanding special cases which remain open.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 124 , Issue 4 , 1994 , pp. 713 - 728
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1994

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