AEJ-E asphericity conjecture for positive relative presentations

Let l>0l>0 and k>0k>0 with lkl\neq k, and let Q\mathcal{Q} be the relative presentation considered in the paper. Define condition (AEJ-E) by the following alternatives: (i) g=h2g=h^2, 6<h<6<|h|<\infty, l<k<2ll<k<2l; (ii) h=g2h=g^2, 6<g<6<|g|<\infty, k<l<2kk<l<2k; (iii) h=g2h=g^2, 6<g<6<|g|<\infty, l<k<2ll<k<2l; or (iv) g=h2g=h^2, 6<h<6<|h|<\infty, k<l<2kk<l<2k. AEJ-E asphericity conjecture. If (AEJ-E) holds, then Q\mathcal{Q} is diagrammatically reducible and hence aspherical. The preceding theorem establishes this conclusion when (AEJ-E) does not hold, while the authors state that they do not expect non-aspherical presentations in the exceptional case; the supplied text gives no proof or disproof of the conjecture.

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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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