• In Riemannian geometry, the sphere theorem, also known as the quarter-pinched sphere theorem, strongly restricts the topology of manifolds admitting metrics...
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  • theorem (2). But the point can be considered to be external to the remaining sphere of radius r, and according to (1) all of the mass of this sphere can...
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    always tangent to the sphere at p, then there is at least one pole, a point where the field vanishes (a p such that f(p) = 0). The theorem was first proved...
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    obtaining a new convergence theorem for Ricci flow. A special case of their convergence theorem has the differentiable sphere theorem as a simple corollary...
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    Papakyriakopoulos in 1956, along with Dehn's lemma and the Sphere theorem. A simple and useful version of the loop theorem states that if there is a map f : ( D 2 , ∂...
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  • disk, the complex plane, or the Riemann sphere. The theorem is a generalization of the Riemann mapping theorem from simply connected open subsets of the...
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  • In mathematics, Reeb sphere theorem, named after Georges Reeb, states that A closed oriented connected manifold M n that admits a singular foliation having...
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    The Alexander horned sphere is a pathological object in topology discovered by J. W. Alexander (1924). It is a particular topological embedding of a two-dimensional...
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    (conjectured by Richard Hamilton). In 2007, he proved the differentiable sphere theorem (in collaboration with Richard Schoen), a fundamental problem in global...
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    Poincaré–Hopf theorem (also known as the Poincaré–Hopf index formula, Poincaré–Hopf index theorem, or Hopf index theorem) is an important theorem that is used...
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    In mathematics, the Pythagorean theorem or Pythagoras' theorem is a fundamental relation in Euclidean geometry between the three sides of a right triangle...
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  • manifold or on the behavior of points at "sufficiently large" distances. Sphere theorem. If M is a simply connected compact n-dimensional Riemannian manifold...
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    The Dandelin spheres can be used to give elegant modern proofs of two classical theorems known to Apollonius of Perga. The first theorem is that a closed...
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  • Nash–Kuiper theorem. For example, the image of any smooth isometric hypersurface immersion of the round sphere must itself be a round sphere. By contrast...
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    Euclid does not include the area and volume of a sphere, only a theorem that the volume of a sphere varies as the third power of its diameter, probably...
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  • of the sphere and of a point mass located in the sphere's center. This theorem thus refers to the first statement of Isaac Newton’s shell theorem (the identity...
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  • theory) Sperner's theorem (combinatorics) Sphere theorem (Riemannian geometry) Spin–statistics theorem (physics) Sprague–Grundy theorem (combinatorial game...
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    curvature in any given conformal class. In the case of the Riemann sphere, the Gauss–Bonnet theorem implies that a constant-curvature metric must have positive...
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    convergence theorem (Brendle & Schoen 2009). Their convergence theorem included as a special case the resolution of the differentiable sphere theorem, which...
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    theorem to spheres, and in another poem described the chain of six spheres each tangent to its neighbors and to three given mutually tangent spheres,...
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  • Dehn's lemma Loop theorem (aka the Disk theorem) Sphere theorem Haken manifold JSJ decomposition Branched surface Lamination Examples 3-sphere Torus bundles...
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    cylinder collapsing to its axis, or a sphere collapsing to its center. Perelman's proof of his canonical neighborhoods theorem is a highly technical achievement...
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  • /ˈpwæ̃kæreɪ/, US: /ˌpwæ̃kɑːˈreɪ/, French: [pwɛ̃kaʁe]) is a theorem about the characterization of the 3-sphere, which is the hypersphere that bounds the unit ball...
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  • Brouwer's fixed-point theorem is a fixed-point theorem in topology, named after L. E. J. (Bertus) Brouwer. It states that for any continuous function f...
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    northern hemisphere cut out from a sphere of radius R. Its Euler characteristic is 1. On the left hand side of the theorem, we have K = 1 / R 2 {\displaystyle...
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    resulting in the Jordan–Brouwer separation theorem. Theorem — Let X be an n-dimensional topological sphere in the (n+1)-dimensional Euclidean space Rn+1...
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    the notion of almost flat manifolds.[G78] The famous quarter-pinched sphere theorem in Riemannian geometry says that if a complete Riemannian manifold has...
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    compact Riemann surface is a complex algebraic curve by Chow's theorem and the Riemann–Roch theorem. There are several equivalent definitions of a Riemann surface...
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    would look like if the theorem were true. To that end, suppose the yellow line in Figure 1 goes through the center of the sphere and is the axis of rotation...
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    attraction is in equilibrium inside such a sphere (per the shell theorem), other means such as rotating the sphere have to be employed in order to keep things...
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