A spherical decomposition for Riemannian open 3-manifolds
Geometric Topology
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We show that open 3-manifolds that have a locally finite decomposition along 2-spheres are characterized by the existence of a Riemannian metric with respect to which the second homotopy group of the manifold is generated by small elements.
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@article{arxiv.math/0605335,
title = {A spherical decomposition for Riemannian open 3-manifolds},
author = {Sylvain Maillot},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0605335},
year = {2007}
}
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accepted by GAFA