James embedding

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In mathematics, the James embedding is an embedding of a real, complex, or hyperbolic projective space into a sphere, introduced by Ioan James.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ James, I. M. (1958). "Embeddings of real projective spaces". Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society . 54 (4): 555–557. doi:10.1017/S0305004100003108. MR 0096228.
↑ James, I. M. (1959). "Some embeddings of projective spaces". Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society . 55 (4): 294–298. doi:10.1017/S0305004100034083. MR 0109350.

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[j58-1] James, I. M. (1958). "Embeddings of real projective spaces". Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society . 54 (4): 555–557. doi:10.1017/S0305004100003108. MR 0096228.

[j59-2] James, I. M. (1959). "Some embeddings of projective spaces". Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society . 55 (4): 294–298. doi:10.1017/S0305004100034083. MR 0109350.

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