Disc theorem
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In the area of mathematics known as differential topology, the disc theorem of Palais (1960) states that two embeddings of a closed k-disc into a connected n-manifold are ambient isotopic provided that if k = n the two embeddings are equioriented.
The disc theorem implies that the connected sum of smooth oriented manifolds is well defined.
A different although related and similar named result is the disc embedding theorem proved by Freedman in 1982.[1][2]
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