Resolution conjecture for collections of abelian groups

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Let G{\cal G} be a collection of abelian groups, let XX be a compactum, and let n≥2n\geq 2. Write

σ(G)‾=⋃G∈Gσ(G)‾.\overline{\sigma({\cal G})}=\bigcup_{G\in{\cal G}}\overline{\sigma(G)}.

A map r:Z⟶Xr:Z\longrightarrow X is GG-acyclic when it is acyclic with respect to the abelian group GG.

Resolution conjecture. There exist a compactum ZZ with dim⁡Z≤n\dim Z\leq n and a surjective map r:Z⟶Xr:Z\longrightarrow X such that

dim⁡GZ≤max⁡{dim⁡GX,2}\dim_G Z\leq\max\{\dim_G X,2\}

and rr is GG-acyclic for every G∈GG\in{\cal G} if and only if

dim⁡EX≤n\dim_E X\leq n

for every E∈σ(G)‾E\in\overline{\sigma({\cal G})}.

This conjecture asks for a simultaneous acyclic resolution realizing the cohomological-dimension bounds associated with a collection of coefficient groups. The preceding theorem establishes a version with dim⁡Z≤n+1\dim Z\leq n+1 under the corresponding hypotheses; the sharper dimension bound nn in the stated equivalence is the unresolved part.

References

Primary source

Michael Levin, “Rational acyclic resolutions”, arXiv:math/0410369 (2005).

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