Whitehead torsion III (Ex)

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Let f \colon X \to Y be a homotopy equivalence of finite CW-complexes. Let i \colon X \to \text{cyl}(f) and j \colon Y \to \text{cyl}(f) be the canonical inclusions and p \colon \text{cyl}(f) \to Y be the canonical projection. Show that the Whitehead torsion of the maps j, i and f satifies \tau(j) = 0 and p_*(\tau(i)) = \tau(f).

This is [Kreck&Lück2005, Ex 6.3].

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