Alexander horned sphere

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English[edit]

Alexander horned sphere

Etymology[edit]

Discovered by J. W. Alexander (1924).

Noun[edit]

Alexander horned sphere (plural Alexander horned spheres)

  1. (topology) A pathological object, a certain embedding of a sphere in three-dimensional Euclidean space, obtained by various modifications of a torus.

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