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Alexander trick
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2026-09-28
A
homeomorphism
of
a
closed
disc
that fixes its boundary
pointwise
is isotopic relative to the boundary to the identity. Radially interpolate the
action
toward the center after identifying the
disc
with the
unit ball
.
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