The irreducibility of the 3-sphere (Q910055)

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The irreducibility of the 3-sphere
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    The irreducibility of the 3-sphere (English)
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    1989
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    The author gives a new proof of the Schönflies Theorem that a piecewise linearly embedded \(S^ 2\) separates \(S^ 3\) into two piecewise linear balls. The proof is based on handlebody theory of piecewise linear n- manifolds.
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    Schönflies Theorem in dimension 3
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    piecewise linearly embedded \(S^ 2\)
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