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All two dimensional links are null homotopic

Arthur C Bartels and Peter Teichner

Geometry & Topology 3 (1999) 235–252

arXiv: math.GT/0004021

Abstract

We show that any number of disjointly embedded 2–spheres in 4–space can be pulled apart by a link homotopy, ie, by a motion in which the 2–spheres stay disjoint but are allowed to self-intersect.

Keywords
Link homotopy, Milnor group, concordance
Mathematical Subject Classification
Primary: 57Q45
Secondary: 57Q60
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Publication
Received: 21 May 1999
Revised: 27 August 1999
Accepted: 1 September 1999
Published: 2 September 1999
Proposed: Robion Kirby
Seconded: Cameron Gordon, Joan Birman
Authors
Arthur C Bartels
University of California at San Diego
La Jolla
California 92093-0112
USA
Peter Teichner
University of California at San Diego
La Jolla
California 92093-0112
USA