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arxiv: 1102.1704 · v3 · pith:GA6Y5GLMnew · submitted 2011-02-08 · 🧮 math.DG

Taut submanifolds are algebraic

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We prove that every (compact) taut submanifold in Euclidean space is real algebraic, i.e., is a connected component of a real irreducible algebraic variety in the same ambient space. This answers affirmatively a question of Nicolaas Kuiper raised in the 1980s.

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