The converse of the closed-manifold theorem for regular CW complexes

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Let XX be a regular CW complex, and let X(n)X^{(n)} denote its nn-skeleton. Converse of the closed-manifold theorem. If X=X(n)X=X^{(n)}, then XX is a closed manifold. This would characterize closed manifolds among regular CW complexes by the absence of cells above dimension nn, complementing the paper's main theorem; the supplied text gives no evidence that the converse is resolved.

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Norio Iwase and Yuki Kojima, “A closed manifold is a fat CW complex”, arXiv:2309.07379 (2025).

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