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Terry Tao
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The hairy ball theorem is only valid for even-dimensional spheres (or odd-dimensional ambient Euclidean spaces).

Similarly, the strong Huygens principle is only valid in odd-dimensional physical spaces (or even-dimensional spacetimes).

Even-dimensional manifolds can admit symplectic structures, whilst odd-dimensional manifolds can admit contact structures.