Open AccessFixed Points of Maps of a Nonaspherical Wedge
Author(s) -
Seung Won Kim,
Robert F. Brown,
Adam Ericksen,
Nirattaya Khamsemanan,
Keith Merrill
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
fixed point theory and applications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.826
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1687-1820
pISSN - 1687-1812
DOI - 10.1155/2009/531037
Subject(s) - wedge (geometry) , homotopy , polyhedron , mathematics , differential geometry , real projective plane , enumeration , blocking set , projective plane , type (biology) , image (mathematics) , pure mathematics , projective test , combinatorics , computer science , geometry , projective space , artificial intelligence , complex projective space , ecology , correlation , biology
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