Centerless groups—an algebraic formulation of Gottlieb’s theorem
Centerless groups—an algebraic formulation of Gottlieb’s theorem
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10.1016/0040-9383(65)90060-1
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1965-10
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J. Stallings
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J. Stallings
D. GOTTLIEB [I] has proved that the center of the fundamental group of a finite, aspherical polyhedron, whose Euler characteristic is non-zero, is trivial. His proof uses an idea of Nielsen [2] and Wecken [3], who classify the fixed points of a mapping K+ K according to certain homotopy properties.This proof of Gottlieb’s can be transformed into algebra, and that is what will be done here. We discuss the Lefschetz fixed point theorem in an algebraic context; we define “trace” in such a way that homotopic endomorphisms of a chain complex have the same “Lefschetz number”. We are able to define “rank” of a finitely generated projective module and the “Euler characteristic” of a complex; and then we prove Gottlieb’s theorem.