Platonic-case non-asphericity conjecture for relative presentations

Let Q\mathcal{Q} be the relative presentation considered in the paper, with parameters l>0l>0, k0k\neq 0 and non-trivial elements g,hGg,h\in G. Define

μ=1g+1h+1gh1.\mu=\frac{1}{|g|}+\frac{1}{|h|}+\frac{1}{|gh^{-1}|}.

Say that Case (P)(P) holds when μ>1\mu>1 and ghg\neq h. The Platonic-case conjecture. If Case (P)(P) holds, then Q\mathcal{Q} is non-aspherical. The source records non-diagrammatic reducibility or non-weak asphericity in several parameter ranges, but expects these results to extend to non-asphericity generally; no resolution is supplied.

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William A. Bogley, Martin Edjvet and Gerald Williams, “Aspherical Relative Presentations All Over Again”, arXiv:1809.03460 (2018).

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