A geometric proof that boundary links are homotopically trivial (Q1105869)
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A geometric proof that boundary links are homotopically trivial (English)
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1988
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A boundary link is a link in \(S^ 3\) whose components bound disjoint surfaces (compact and oriented). This paper gives a proof that such links are homotopic to a trivial link which uses only elementary geometric facts about links and surfaces. In particular it does not make any use of the Milnor \({\bar \mu}\) invariants.
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boundary link
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homotopic to a trivial link
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