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arxiv: math/0407047 · v1 · submitted 2004-07-05 · 🧮 math.GT

Sphere recognition lies in NP

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We prove that the three-sphere recognition problem lies in the complexity class NP. Our work relies on Thompson's original proof that the problem is decidable [Math. Res. Let., 1994], Casson's version of her algorithm, and recent results of Agol, Hass, and Thurston [ArXiv, 2002].

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