Hatcher-Algebraic-Topology · Problem 9

Homology

Mathematics — Graph Theory · graphs-of-groups

Problem

If Γ\Gamma is a finite graph of finite groups with injective edge homomorphisms, show that the graph product of the groups has a free subgroup of finite index by constructing a suitable finite-sheeted covering space of KΓK\Gamma from universal covers of the mapping cylinders in KΓK\Gamma. [The converse is also true: A finitely generated group having a free subgroup of finite index is isomorphic to such a graph product. For a proof of this see [Scott \& Wall 1979], Theorem 7.3.]

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