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Tightness, torsion, and tubes

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We give examples of spaces with 3-torsion in the homology admitting Z3-tight polyhedral immersions into euclidean space. Polyhedral tubes are used to construct embedded hypersurfaces of this kind.

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  1. Fachbereich Mathematik, Universität Duisburg, Lotharstr. 65, D-W 4100, Duisburg 1, Germany

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Kühnel, W. Tightness, torsion, and tubes. Ann Glob Anal Geom 10, 227–236 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00136866

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