On contractible orbifolds
Differential Geometry
2011-10-05 v1
Authors:
Alexander Lytchak
Abstract
We prove that a contractible orbifold is a manifold.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1110.0590,
title = {On contractible orbifolds},
author = {Alexander Lytchak},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.0590},
year = {2011}
}
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