Hatcher-Algebraic-Topology · Problem 25

Homotopy Theory

Mathematics — Graph Theory · hurewicz-map-quotient

Problem

For XX a connected CW complex with πi(X)=0\pi_i(X) = 0 for 1<i<n1 < i < n for some n≥2n \geq 2, show that Hn(X)/h(πn(X))≈Hn(K(π1(X),1))H_n(X)/h(\pi_n(X)) \approx H_n\bigl(K(\pi_1(X), 1)\bigr), where hh is the Hurewicz map.

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