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Tagged algebraic-topology — 1 entry. Clear

Subcomplexes of aspherical 2-complexes stay aspherical. Open since 1941; LOT complexes from ribbon discs are the test cases.

Posed by J. H. C. Whitehead · 1941 · knot theory / low-dimensional topology · difficulty 4/5

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