Almost all simply connected closed surfaces are rigid

  • Herman Gluck
Conference paper
Part of the Lecture Notes in Mathematics book series (LNM, volume 438)

Keywords

Simplicial Complex Algebraic Variety Closed Surface Angular Velocity Vector Underlying Space 
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© Springer-Verlag 1975

Authors and Affiliations

  • Herman Gluck
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  1. 1.University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia

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