Lamination (topology)

In topology, a branch of mathematics, a lamination is a :

  • "topological space partitioned into subsets"[1]
  • decoration (a structure or property at a point) of a manifold in which some subset of the manifold is partitioned into sheets of some lower dimension, and the sheets are locally parallel.
Lamination associated with Mandelbrot set
Lamination of rabbit Julia set

A lamination of a surface is a partition of a closed subset of the surface into smooth curves.

It may or may not be possible to fill the gaps in a lamination to make a foliation.[2]

Examples

Geodesic lamination of a closed surface
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