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Failure of the Dehn Lemma on contractible 4-manifolds

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  1. Department of Mathematics, College of General Education, University of Tokyo, Komaba Meguro-Ku, 153, Tokyo, Japan

    Yukio Matsumoto

  2. School of Mathematics, Institute for Advanced Study, 08540, Princeton, N.J., USA

    Gerard A. Venema

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Matsumoto, Y., Venema, G.A. Failure of the Dehn Lemma on contractible 4-manifolds. Invent Math 51, 205–218 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01389914

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