The Whitehead manifold is a union of two Euclidean space

David Gabai

doi:10.1112/jtopol/jtr010

The Whitehead manifold is a union of two Euclidean space

David Gabai

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We show that the Whitehead manifold is the union of two submanifolds each of which is homeomorphic to R³ that intersect in an R³. These submanifolds are the complements of disjoint D²-limit laminations.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	jtr010
Pages (from-to)	529-534
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Topology
Volume	4
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1112/jtopol/jtr010
State	Published - 2011

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Geometry and Topology

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The Whitehead manifold is a union of two Euclidean space

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