Piecewise linear embeddings of balls into contractible manifolds
Kenneth C. Millett
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Kenneth C. Millett
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The simplicial space of proper piecewise linear embeddings of k -balls into n -dimensional contractible manifolds which are equal to a fixed embedding along the boundary is contractible if n − k = 3 n - k = 3 .
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The simplicial space of proper piecewise linear embeddings of k -balls into n -dimensional contractible manifolds which are equal to a fixed embedding along the boundary is contractible if n − k = 3 n - k = 3 .
Key concepts: Contractible space, Piecewise linear function, Algorithm, Boundary (topology), Embedding, Computer science, Mathematics, Combinatorics