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2001 The compression theorem II: directed embeddings
Colin Rourke, Brian Sanderson
Geom. Topol. 5(1): 431-440 (2001). DOI: 10.2140/gt.2001.5.431

Abstract

This is the second of three papers about the Compression Theorem. We give proofs of Gromov’s theorem on directed embeddings and of the Normal Deformation Theorem (a general version of the Compression Theorem).

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Colin Rourke. Brian Sanderson. "The compression theorem II: directed embeddings." Geom. Topol. 5 (1) 431 - 440, 2001. https://doi.org/10.2140/gt.2001.5.431

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Received: 25 January 2001; Revised: 2 April 2001; Accepted: 23 April 2001; Published: 2001
First available in Project Euclid: 21 December 2017

zbMATH: 1032.57028
MathSciNet: MR1833750
Digital Object Identifier: 10.2140/gt.2001.5.431

Subjects:
Primary: 57R40 , 57R42
Secondary: 57A05

Keywords: compression , directed embedding , flattening , ripple lemma

Rights: Copyright © 2001 Mathematical Sciences Publishers

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