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Is there a difference between "closed manifold" (i.e. compact and without boundary) and "compact manifold"?

A manifold is, by definition, without boundary. To me it makes it seem redundant to say "compact and without boundary manifold". Am I missing something?

(Note: this seems like it's the same question, but it is not)

Anon
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    Sometimes people use the term manifold to include the boundary case, so it doesn't hurt to add "without boundary" for clarity. But yes, closed is the same as compact for manifolds. – Cheerful Parsnip Dec 30 '22 at 19:31

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