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Alexander horned sphere
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English
thumb|right|Alexander horned sphere
Etymology
Discovered by J. W. Alexander (1924).
Noun
en topology A pathological object, a certain embedding of a sphere in three-dimensional Euclidean space, obtained by various modifications of a torus.
Related terms
en Alexander horned ball
en Antoine's horned sphere
en eponyms
en Fractals Curves