endocobordism

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

endo- +‎ cobordism

Noun[edit]

endocobordism (plural endocobordisms)

  1. (mathematics) A cobordism between a manifold and itself.
    • 2015, Orsola Capovilla-Searle, Lisa Traynor, “Non-Orientable Lagrangian Cobordisms between Legendrian Knots”, in arXiv[1]:
      We show that any Legendrian knot has a non-orientable Lagrangian endocobordism, and that the crosscap genus of such a non-orientable Lagrangian endocobordism must be a positive multiple of .