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On transversality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

J. F. P. Hudson
J. F. P. Hudson
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics, Cambridge
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The simplest definition of transversality in the PL or Top categories is the purely local one: Manifolds M and N are transverse in Q if, for each point x of their intersection, there is a (closed) neighbourhood U of x in Q and a (PL) homeomorphism

for suitable p, q, and r

Type
Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 66 , Issue 1 , July 1969 , pp. 17 - 20
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1969

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