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Annulus theorem for pseudomanifolds
Lets say I take an arbitrary closed and smooth $d$-manifolds $\mathcal{M}$. Now, it is a well-known fact that whenever I take two (sufficiently nice embedded) closed $d$-balls $B_{1}$ and $B_{2}$ in $\...
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Can one determine the dimension of a manifold given its 1-skeleton?
This may be an easy question, but I can't think of the answer at hand.
Suppose that I have a triangulated $n$-manifold $M$ (satisfying any set of conditions that you feel like). Suppose that I give ...
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Finite union of closed convex sets is triangulable?
I posted this question on math.stackexchange.com, but didn't get an answer.
Let $A_1, \ldots, A_k \subseteq \mathbb{R}^n$ be closed convex sets. Is the union $\bigcup_{i=1}^k A_i$ triangulable, that ...