A topological proof of the equivariant Dehn lemma

Edmonds, Allan L.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-1986-0854087-X

A topological proof of the equivariant Dehn lemma
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by Allan L. Edmonds

Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 297 (1986), 605-615

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1986-0854087-X

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Abstract:

An elementary topological proof is given for a completely general version of the Equivariant Dehn Lemma, in the spirit of the original proof of the nonequivariant version due to C. D. Papakyriakopolous in 1957.

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