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The Unsolvability of the Homeomorphism Problem

Theory of Computing Report March 26, 2026
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Authors: Stefan Friedl, Tobias Hirsch, Marc Kegel

In this short expository note, we give a detailed proof of Markov's theorem on the unsolvability of the homeomorphism problem and of the existence of unrecognizable manifolds in all dimensions larger than 3.

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