Immersions in Euclidean space are isotopic in its square

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Statement

Suppose are two immersions. Consider embedded inside . Then, the induced immersions of in are isotopic as immersions in .

Proof

The key idea of the proof is to swing from the first factor to the second factor , and then swing back, gradually changing to .