The presentation-form conjecture for D(2)-complexes with quaternion fundamental group

Let Q4nQ_{4n} be a quaternion group with n2n\geq 2, and let YY be a D(2)D(2)--complex with

π1(Y)=Q4n,χ(Y)=1.\pi_1(Y)=Q_{4n},\qquad \chi(Y)=1.

For elements or words a,ba,b, let Eq(a,b)\operatorname{Eq}(a,b) be an equation implied by ab=1ab=1 that equates words in a,ba,b.

Presentation-form conjecture. Every such YY is homotopy equivalent to a presentation of Q4nQ_{4n} of the form

Q=x,yy2=xn,Eq(y1xy,x).\mathcal{Q}=\langle x,y\mid y^2=x^n,\quad \operatorname{Eq}(y^{-1}xy,x)\rangle.

This would classify all minimal-Euler-characteristic D(2)D(2)--complexes with quaternion fundamental group by a specified family of presentations. The source says that this remains possible, while noting that the D(2)D(2) property has been verified for Q28Q_{28}; no resolution of this broader assertion is given.

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Primary source

Wajid Mannan and Tomasz Popiel, “An exotic presentation of Q_28”, arXiv:1901.10786 (2021).

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