Pachner move

English

Etymology

Named after Udo Pachner.

Noun

Pachner move (plural Pachner moves)

  1. (topology) Any of a set of ways of replacing a triangulation of a piecewise linear manifold by a different triangulation of a homoeomorphic manifold.
    Synonym: bistellar flip
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