Dehn's Lemma for Immersed Loops
Abstract
Suppose δ is a generic immersed closed curve in the boundary of a 3-manifold M and δ is null-homotopic in M. Then δ can be displaced by a height function in a collar of the boundary so that the resulting simple closed curve in the collar bounds a disk in M.
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