Surgery
Surgery
Every simply connected, closed 3-manifold is homeomorphic to the 3-sphere. Settled by Perelman (2002–03) via Ricci flow with surgery, entropy monotonicity, and no collapsing.
Surgery —lemma→ Poincaré
Surgery —implies→ Perelman 2003
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Surgery
Every simply connected, closed 3-manifold is homeomorphic to the 3-sphere. Settled by Perelman (2002–03) via Ricci flow with surgery, entropy monotonicity, and no collapsing.
Surgery —lemma→ Poincaré
Surgery —implies→ Perelman 2003