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Poincaré conjecture
[ pwahn-kah-rey kuhn-jek-cher ]
noun
- Mathematics. the question of whether a compact, simply connected three-dimensional manifold is topologically equivalent to a three-dimensional sphere.
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Origin of Poincaré conjecture1
Named after J. H. Poincaré
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