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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=mathematics">mathematics</a>, a connected <a href="page.php?w=submanifold">submanifold</a> of a compact <a href="page.php?w=manifold_with_boundary">manifold with boundary</a> is said to be <b>boundary parallel</b>, <b>?-parallel</b>, or <b>peripheral</b> if it can be continuously deformed into a boundary component. This notion is important for <a href="page.php?w=3-manifold">3-manifold</a> topology.</p>

<p><big>Boundary-parallel embedded surfaces in 3-manifolds</big></p>
<p>If  is an orientable closed surface smoothly embedded</p><p>
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