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Approximation rigidity and $h$-principle for Bing spines

Geometric Topology 2020-11-10 v3

Abstract

We show that all PL manifolds of dimension 3\geq 3 have spines similar to Bing's house with two rooms. Beyond this we explore approximation rigidity and an hh-principle.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2001.02140,
  title  = {Approximation rigidity and $h$-principle for Bing spines},
  author = {Michael Freedman and T. Tam Nguyen Phan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.02140},
  year   = {2020}
}

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13 pages, 8 figures

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