Minimal immersions of low dimensional manifolds

Little, Robert D.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1977-0646071-6

Minimal immersions of low dimensional manifolds

Author: Robert D. Little
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 66 (1977), 347-350
MSC: Primary 57D40; Secondary 55G36
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1977-0646071-6
MathSciNet review: 0646071
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Abstract: We show that if M is a spin n-manifold, $n \leqslant 7$, then M immerses in ${{\mathbf {R}}^{n + 3}}$.

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