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- From: le@fuhainf.fernuni-hagen.de
- Subject: Union of flat cells in R^3
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- Sender: Daniel Grayson <dan@math.uiuc.edu>
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- Approved: Daniel Grayson <dan@math.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 10:10:25 GMT
- Keywords: Topological embeddings.
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- I believe that the following statement is true, but I have
- been unable to find it in the literature
- (by the way, I know that \beta(3,3,3,0) is false).
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- Assume that D_1,...,D_n (for n >= 2) are locally flat 3-cells
- in Euclidian 3-space R^3 such that
- all the D_i's have exactly one point p in common; i.e.,
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- D_i \cap D_j = Bd D_i \cap Bd D_j = {p}
- for all pairwise distinct i and j.
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- If for each \epsilon > 0 there exists a flat 2-sphere R (e.g.
- R is homeomorphic to S^2 and flat) such that
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- p is contained in the interior of R,
- the diameter of R is smaller than \epsilon, and
- the sphere R intersects each D_i in a simple closed curve;
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- then the cells D_1,...,D_n are simultaneously flat; e.g., there
- exists a "flattening" homeomorphism h of R^3 such that h(D_i) is a
- simplex with h(p) as a vertex (for i=1,...,n).
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- Any suggestions, hints are welcome.
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- Thanks in advance.
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- (Le, Computer Science Dep.)
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- le@fuhainf.fernuni-hagen.de
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