On topological rigidity of Alexandrov 3-spaces (Q2039488)

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On topological rigidity of Alexandrov 3-spaces
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    On topological rigidity of Alexandrov 3-spaces (English)
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    5 July 2021
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    Summary: In this note we show that sufficiently collapsed, irreducible and aspherical Alexandrov 3-spaces are homeomorphic to 3-manifolds. As a corollary we obtain the validity of the Borel conjecture for sufficiently collapsed, irreducible and aspherical Alexandrov 3-spaces.
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    Alexandrov space
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    Borel conjecture
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