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Question: Let $M$ be a $k$-manifold-without-boundary in $\mathbb R^n$ and $N$ be another manifold-without-boundary in $\mathbb R^n$ such that $M\subseteq N$.
Assume that there exists a point $\mathbf p\in M$ such that each neighborhood $U$ of $\mathbf p$ has a point $\mathbf q\in U$ such that $\mathbf q\in N\setminus M$.
Then can $N$ possibly be a $k$-manifold?
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Intuitively it seems obvious that the dimension of $N$ should be greater than $k$ but I haven't been able to make any progress to make it into a proof.
Can somebody help?
Thanks.
Assume that there exists a point $\mathbf p\in M$ such that each neighborhood $U$ of $\mathbf p$ has a point $\mathbf q\in U$ such that $\mathbf q\in N\setminus M$.
Then can $N$ possibly be a $k$-manifold?
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Intuitively it seems obvious that the dimension of $N$ should be greater than $k$ but I haven't been able to make any progress to make it into a proof.
Can somebody help?
Thanks.