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Fundamental groups and cellular walks
Suppose $M$ is a smooth manifold (compact if desired) with a cell structure or other nice stratification.
Call a path $\gamma : [0,1] \to M$ transverse to the stratification if there is a finite ...
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Fundamental group of a compact manifold
Why is the fundamental group of a compact manifold finitely presented?
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