Smale's Paradox

Smale's Paradox

Release Date:  //1958
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Release Message:  A sphere can, topologically, be turned inside out. Authored by Stephen Smale.
Description:  In differential topology, Smale's paradox states that it is possible to turn a sphere inside out in a three-dimensional space with possible self-intersections but without creating any crease, a process more commonly and historically called sphere eversion (eversion means "to turn inside out"). This is surprising, to those who understand regular homotopy, and is hence deemed a veridical paradox.