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   • CommentAuthorDavid_Corfield
   • CommentTimeDec 12th 2019
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   Author: David_Corfield
   Format: MarkdownItexJust to be clear, if at [[wrapped cycle]] $\phi_\ast [\Sigma]$ is a multiple of a cycle $c$, would we or wouldn't we say it wrapped it?

   Just to be clear, if at wrapped cycle is a multiple of a cycle , would we or wouldn’t we say it wrapped it?

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   • CommentAuthorUrs
   • CommentTimeDec 12th 2019
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   Author: Urs
   Format: MarkdownItexThen we say it wraps several times.

   Then we say it wraps several times.

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   • CommentAuthorDavid_Corfield
   • CommentTimeDec 12th 2019
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   Author: David_Corfield
   Format: MarkdownItexThanks! Have added in that clarification. <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/wrapped+brane/7">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/wrapped+brane/7">v7</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/wrapped+brane">current</a>

   Thanks! Have added in that clarification.

   diff, v7, current

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   • CommentAuthorUrs
   • CommentTime7 days ago
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   Author: Urs
   Format: MarkdownItexadded the remark that the definition of a brane "wrapping" a cycle is what elsewhere is called the cycle being *[[Steenrod representability|Steenrod representable]]*. (Thanks to Jack Morava for pointing this out.) <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/diff/wrapped+brane/10">diff</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/revision/wrapped+brane/10">v10</a>, <a href="https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/wrapped+brane">current</a>

   added the remark that the definition of a brane “wrapping” a cycle is what elsewhere is called the cycle being Steenrod representable.

   (Thanks to Jack Morava for pointing this out.)

   diff, v10, current