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Two weak Poincaré theorems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

P. H. Doylea
Affiliation:
Michigan State University, East Lansing, U.S.A.

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Theorem 1. Let M3be a compact 3-manifold and let M3 = E3R be a standard decomposition where R is a subcomplex in a triangulation of M3((2)). If M3is a homology 3-sphere while R contains no arc that is wild in M3then M3 = S3

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1966

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