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[–] kogasa@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago

One of the few things I can be pedantic about, so I must...

topologically equivalent

Ambient isotopic in R^3, which is much stronger than homeomorphic, which is the usual notion of topological equivalence. Yet easier to understand intuitively, because ambient isotopy classes are basically just "what you can do with a rubber band."