Whitney's embedding theorem

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematical_concept
gptkbp:appliesTo differentiable manifolds
smooth manifolds
gptkbp:dimensionBound 2n
gptkbp:field differential topology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Whitney's embedding theorem
gptkbp:implies every smooth manifold can be realized as a submanifold of Euclidean space
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Hassler_Whitney
gptkbp:originallyProvedBy gptkb:Hassler_Whitney
gptkbp:publicationYear 1944
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Annals_of_Mathematics
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Whitney's_immersion_theorem
Nash embedding theorem
gptkbp:significance establishes the possibility of representing abstract manifolds concretely in Euclidean space
gptkbp:state Any smooth n-dimensional manifold can be embedded in 2n-dimensional Euclidean space
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Whitney_extension_theorem
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6