nLab equator

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Topology

topology (point-set topology, point-free topology)

see also differential topology, algebraic topology, functional analysis and topological homotopy theory

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Analysis Theorems

topological homotopy theory

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Given an n-sphere S nS^n, regarded under its standard embedding into Cartesian space n+1\mathbb{R}^{n+1}, then its equator is the intersection with n n+1\mathbb{R}^n \subset \mathbb{R}^{n+1}.

The equator devides the nn-sphere into its to hemi-n-spheres.

For n1n \geq 1, the full nn-sphere is the suspension of its equator (n1)(n-1)-sphere, namely the union of all meridians passing through the equator.

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