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Presentation complex for the symmetric group on three letters

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Geometry and topology Algebraic topology Fundamental group Seifert-van Kampen theorem Fundamental group after attaching a 2-cell Presentation complex
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Attach three 2-cells to S1∨S1 along loops representing a2, b3, and (ab)2. The resulting group is
⟨a,b∣a2,b3,(ab)2⟩≅S3​.
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Indeed, a↦(12) and b↦(123) gives a surjection to S3​, while aba=b−1 reduces every word to one of bi or abi, so the presented group has at most six elements.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2024 / ii / Paper 2 / 21J / Solution

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