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Tagged 3-manifolds — 1 entry. Clear

Is a simply-connected closed 3-manifold necessarily a sphere? Ninety-nine years, one recluse, and the only Millennium Prize ever claimed.

Posed by Henri Poincaré · 1904 · topology · resolved 2003 · difficulty 4/5

3-manifolds