endocobordism

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noun

A cobordism between a manifold and itself.

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Meanings

nounendocobordism (plural endocobordisms)

plural endocobordisms

  1. mathematicsA cobordism between a manifold and itself.

    We show that any Legendrian knot has a non-orientable Lagrangian endocobordism, and that the crosscap genus of such a non-orientable Lagrangian endocobordism must be a positive multiple of 4.

    2015, Orsola Capovilla-Searle, Lisa Traynor, “Non-Orientable Lagrangian Cobordisms between Legendrian Knots”, in arXiv

Origin

From endo- + cobordism.

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