A class of manifolds covered by Euclidean space
A class of manifolds covered by Euclidean space
The following is the main result: Theorem 1. <italic>Suppose <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper W Superscript n"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>W</mml:mi> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{W^n}</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> is a PL manifold which has homotopy type <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper K left-parenthesis normal upper Pi comma 1 …