The ends of product manifolds
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Abstract:
In this paper we provide simple point set properties which characterize the m-spheres ${S^m}$, open m-cells ${E^m}$, closed cells ${I^m}$, and annuli ${A^m} = [0,1) \times {S^{m - 1}}$. It is important to notice that the Poincaré conjecture is not used in dimension 3 or 4.References
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- © Copyright 1972 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 36 (1972), 267-271
- MSC: Primary 57A15
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1972-0307243-9
- MathSciNet review: 0307243