Isotopy types of knots of codimension two

Farber, M. Š.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-1980-0576871-7

Isotopy types of knots of codimension two
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Abstract:

In this paper the classification of n-dimensional knots in ${S^{n + 2}}$, bounding r-connected manifolds, where $3r \geqslant n + 1 \geqslant 6$, in terms of stable homotopy theory is suggested.

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