SOLVABILITY OF FREE PRODUCTS, CAYLEY GRAPHS AND COMPLEXES

Abstract

In this paper, we verify the solvability of free product of finite cyclic groups with topological methods. We use Cayley graphs and Everitt methods to construct suitable 2-complexes corresponding to the presentations of groups and their commutator subgroups. In particular, using these methods, we prove that the commutator subgroup of $mathbb{Z}_{m}*mathbb{Z}_{n}$ is free of rank $(m-1)(n-1)$ for all $m,ngeq2$

Keywords

• simplicial complex
• fundamental group
• covering space
• Caley graph
• solvable group