A geometric proof that boundary links are homotopically trivial
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: A geometric proof that boundary links are homotopically trivial
zbMATH Open document ID: 0649.57006
DOI: 10.1016/0166-8641(88)90023-5
author: D. Dimovski
published in: Topology and its Applications
publication date: 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: A boundary link is a link in \(S^ 3\) whose components bound disjoint surfaces (compact and oriented). This paper gives a proof that such links are homotopic to a trivial link which uses only elementary geometric facts about links and surfaces. In particular it does not make any use of the Milnor \({\bar \mu}\) invariants.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 57M25
zbMATH DE Number: 4060310
zbMATH Keywords: boundary link
zbMATH Keywords: homotopic to a trivial link
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: 0166-8641(88)90023-5
OpenAlex ID: W2075500962
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description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4060310