Topological orbifolds

Farsi, Carla

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1993-1198455-7

Topological orbifolds
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Abstract:

We show that two topologically homeomorphic orbifolds are also Lipshitz homeomorphic. We then prove that the $L$-class of a good orbifold with finite fundamental group depends only on the topological structure.

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