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standard n-ball (Definition)

The standard n-ball is $ B^n = \{x \in \mathbb{R}^n \vert \quad \vert\vert x\vert\vert \le 1 \}$, where $ \vert\vert x\vert\vert^2 = \sum_{i=1}^n {x_i}^2 $. The standard n-ball is also called the unit n-ball or the n-disk.

The notation in the literature for the standard n-ball is not uniform. Sometimes it is denoted by $ V^n$ , $ D^n$ ,$ E^n$ or $ {\overline{E}}^n$.

The boundary of the standard n-ball is $ S^{n-1}$, the n-1-sphere.

A space that is homeomorphic to the standard n-ball is called an n-cell.

A 1-cell is called an arc and a 2-cell is called a disk.



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Other names:  unit n-ball, unit ball, standard $n$-ball
Also defines:  n-cell
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Cross-references: 2-cell, arc, homeomorphic, boundary
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This is version 3 of standard n-ball, born on 2007-03-30, modified 2007-05-12.
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AMS MSC55M99 (Algebraic topology :: Classical topics :: Miscellaneous)

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