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- From: asimov@wk223.nas.nasa.gov (Daniel A. Asimov)
- Subject: Re: another trivial homology question
- References: <1992Nov23.150344.2734@crl.dec.com> <1992Nov23.204643.10804@news.cs.brandeis.edu>
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- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 92 02:45:51 GMT
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- >In article <1992Nov23.150344.2734@crl.dec.com>, herlihy@crl.dec.com (Maurice
- >Herlihy) writes:
- >Let D be an n-dimensional simplicial complex that is connected with trivial
- >homology groups above dimension 0. Is D necessarily homeomorphic to an n-disk?
- >
- J.H.C. Whitehead constructed a contractible open set in R^3 which is not
- homeomorphic to R^3. This would have not only trivial homology groups,
- but also trivial homotopy groups as well, of course.
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- This can be represented by a 3-dimensional simplicial complex, but not a finite one.
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