Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: This paper contains a detailed proof of a 1941 conjecture of S.S. Cairns concerning the space of geodesic triangulations of the 2-sphere. The methods are neither combinatorical nor Riemannian but belong to differential topology.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Author: Cerf, Jean
Language: English
Subfield: Geometry and Topology
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7212316090