Smale's paradox

English

Etymology

First proven in 1957 by Stephen Smale.

Proper noun

Smale's paradox

  1. (topology) The non-intuitive fact that it is possible to turn a sphere inside out in a three-dimensional space with possible self-intersections but without creating any crease.
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