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1999 All two dimensional links are null homotopic
Arthur C Bartels, Peter Teichner
Geom. Topol. 3(1): 235-252 (1999). DOI: 10.2140/gt.1999.3.235

Abstract

We show that any number of disjointly embedded 2–spheres in 4–space can be pulled apart by a link homotopy, ie, by a motion in which the 2–spheres stay disjoint but are allowed to self-intersect.

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Arthur C Bartels. Peter Teichner. "All two dimensional links are null homotopic." Geom. Topol. 3 (1) 235 - 252, 1999. https://doi.org/10.2140/gt.1999.3.235

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Received: 21 May 1999; Revised: 27 August 1999; Accepted: 1 September 1999; Published: 1999
First available in Project Euclid: 21 December 2017

zbMATH: 0927.57023
MathSciNet: MR1714911
Digital Object Identifier: 10.2140/gt.1999.3.235

Subjects:
Primary: 57Q45
Secondary: 57Q60

Keywords: concordance , link homotopy , Milnor group

Rights: Copyright © 1999 Mathematical Sciences Publishers

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