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Presentation complex for the symmetric group on three letters
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Algebraic topology
Fundamental group
Seifert-van Kampen theorem
Fundamental group after attaching a 2-cell
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Attach three
2
-
cells
to
S
1
∨
S
1
along loops representing
a
2
,
b
3
, and
(
ab
)
2
. The resulting
group
is
⟨
a
,
b
∣
a
2
,
b
3
,
(
ab
)
2
⟩
≅
S
3
.
(1)
Indeed,
a
↦
(
12
)
and
b
↦
(
123
)
gives
a
surjection to
S
3
, while
aba
=
b
−
1
reduces every
word
to one of
b
i
or
a
b
i
, so the presented
group
has at most six elements.
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Presentation complex
Fundamental group after attaching a 2-cell
Seifert-van Kampen theorem
Fundamental group
Algebraic topology
Geometry and topology
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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge
/
2024
/
ii
/
Paper 2
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21J
/
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