Embedding and unknotting of some polyhedra
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Abstract:
If a compact polyhedron ${X^n},n \geq 3$ (resp. $n \geq 2$), has the property that any two of its nonsingular points can be joined by an arc containing at most one singular point, then ${X^n}$ embeds in ${{\mathbf {R}}^{2n}}$ (resp. unknots in ${{\mathbf {R}}^{2n + 1}}$).References
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- © Copyright 1987 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 100 (1987), 201-203
- MSC: Primary 57Q35; Secondary 57Q37
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1987-0883429-0
- MathSciNet review: 883429