On the group of self-homotopy equivalences of a 2-connected and 6-dimensional CW-complex

Abstract

Let $X$ be a \text{\rm{2}}-connected and \text{\rm{6}}-dimensional CW-complex $X$ such that $H_3(X)\otimes {\mathbb{Z}}_2=0$. This paper aims to describe the group $\E(X)$ of the self-homotopy equivalences of $X$ modulo its normal subgroup $\E_{*}(X)$ of the elements that induce the identity on the homology groups. Making use of the Whitehead exact sequence of $X$, denoted by WES$(X)$, we define the group $\Gamma \mathcal{S}(X)$ of $\Gamma$-automorphisms of WES$(X)$ and we prove that $\E(X)/\E_*(X)\cong Γ\mathcal{S}(X).$