Homotopy classification of based maps between $\mathbf{A}_n^2$-complexes

Abstract

Let $X,Y$ be $(n-1)$-connected finite pointed CW-complexes of dimension at most $n+2$, $n\geq 3$. In this paper we give elementary proofs of the abelian group structure of $[X,Y]$ of homotopy classes of based maps from $X$ to $Y$, which was due to Baues and Schmidt. Furthermore, we determine the explicit generators associated to $[X,Y]$. As an application, we compute certain (sub)groups of self-homotopy equivalences of certain Chang complexes.