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Foliation Leaf


A foliation leaf F_alpha is one of the disjoint pathwise-connected subsets in a partition F={F_alpha} of M, where M^n is an n-manifold and F is a foliation of M. A foliation leaf F_alpha is not necessarily closed or compact.


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Foliation

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References

Rolfsen, D. Knots and Links. Wilmington, DE: Publish or Perish Press, p. 284, 1976.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Foliation Leaf." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/FoliationLeaf.html

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