On contractible orbifolds
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Abstract:
We prove that a contractible orbifold is a manifold.References
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Additional Information
- Alexander Lytchak
- Affiliation: Mathematisches Institut, Einsteinstrasse 62, 48149 Münster, Germany
- Address at time of publication: Universität zu Köln, Mathematisches Institut, Weyertal 86-90, 50931 Köln, Germany
- MR Author ID: 679338
- Email: lytchak@math.uni-bonn.de, alytchak@math.uni-koeln.de
- Received by editor(s): November 11, 2011
- Received by editor(s) in revised form: November 23, 2011
- Published electronically: May 16, 2013
- Additional Notes: The author was supported by a Heisenberg grant of the DFG and by the SFB 878 Groups, Geometry and Actions
- Communicated by: Alexander N. Dranishnikov
- © Copyright 2013
American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain 28 years after publication. - Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 141 (2013), 3303-3304
- MSC (2010): Primary 57R18
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-2013-11708-9
- MathSciNet review: 3068982