Fixed Point Theory and Applications (Jan 2009)

Fixed Points of Maps of a Nonaspherical Wedge

  • Seung Won Kim,
  • Robert F. Brown,
  • Adam Ericksen,
  • Nirattaya Khamsemanan,
  • Keith Merrill

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2009/531037
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2009

Abstract

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Let X be a finite polyhedron that has the homotopy type of the wedge of the projective plane and the circle. With the aid of techniques from combinatorial group theory, we obtain formulas for the Nielsen numbers of the selfmaps of X.