The stronger finite-space form of Webb's conjecture for elementary abelian p-subgroups

Let GG be a finite group and let pp be a prime dividing G|G|. Let Ap(G){\mathcal A}_p(G) be the poset of non-trivial elementary abelian pp-subgroups of GG, and let Ap(G){\mathcal A}_p(G)' denote its poset subdivision, consisting of non-empty chains. The quotient Ap(G)/G{\mathcal A}_p(G)'/G is regarded as a finite topological space.

Stronger Webb conjecture. The finite space

Ap(G)/G{\mathcal A}_p(G)'/G

is contractible.

This strengthens Webb's reformulation, which only asserts that this quotient is homotopically trivial. The authors report that no non-contractible example is known and prove contractibility in particular cases, but leave the general statement conjectural.

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Kevin Ivan Piterman, “A stronger reformulation of Webb's conjecture in terms of finite topological spaces”, arXiv:1805.09374 (2018).

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