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An Elementary proof of the Jordan Separation Theorem
Student-Run Geometry/Topology Seminar| Speaker: | Emil Sargsyan, UC Davis |
| Location: | 593 Kerr |
| Start time: | Thu, Dec 16 2004, 12:10PM |
I will give a simplified version, due to J.W. Alexander, of Oswald Veblen's first proof of Jordan's conjecture, which says that every simple closed curve separates the plane into two connected regions.