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A proof and extension of Dehn's lemma

Author(s): Arnold Shapiro; J. H. C. Whitehead
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 64 (1958), 174-178.
MathSciNet review: 0103474
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1.: M. Dehn, Über die Topologie des dreidimensionalen Raumes, Math. Ann. vol. 69 (1910) pp. 137-168. MR 1511580
2.: C. D. Papakyriakopoulos, Dehn's lemma and asphericity of knots, Ann. of Math. vol. 66 (1957) pp. 1-26. MR 90053
3.: H. Seifert and W. Threlfall, Lehrbuch der Topologie, Leipzig, 1934.
4.: R. Thom, Espaces fibrés en sphères et carrés de Steenrod, Ann. Sci. École Norm. Sup. (3) vol. 69 (1952) pp. 109-182. MR 54960

Additional Information:

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9904-1958-10198-6
PII: S 0002-9904(1958)10198-6


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