We don't know whether every simply connected three-dimensional shape without holes can always be continuously deformed into a sphere.
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Mathematics & Logic
This question, closely related to the once-open Poincaré Conjecture, has been resolved in three dimensions but opens further mysteries in higher-dimensional analogues. Exploring these generalizations remains an active area of topology.
Team Humans Club. (2026). Problem WS01242: We don't know whether every simply connected three-dimensional shape without holes can always be continuously deformed into a sphere.. World Solve. Retrieved 20 Jul 2026, from https://worldsolve.org/index.php?id=1242