What does "leafspace" mean?

A topological space that is the quotient of a laminated or foliated manifold by identification of each leaf, and each closed complementary region, to a point.

Leafspace

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1
A topological space that is the quotient of a laminated or foliated manifold by identification of each leaf, and each closed complementary region, to a point.

Etymology

From leaf + space.

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