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The Kirby torus trick for surfaces

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Abstract

The classical theorem that topological surfaces can be triangulated is proved using the torus trick of Kirby plus a few basic facts about smooth or PL surfaces.

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Allen Hatcher, The Kirby torus trick for surfaces. Enseign. Math. 72 (2026), no. 1/2, pp. 161–174

DOI 10.4171/LEM/1096