Immersions in Euclidean space are isotopic in its square

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Statement

Suppose f0,f1:MRn are two immersions. Consider Rn embedded inside R2n. Then, the induced immersions of f0,f1 in R2n are isotopic as immersions in R2n.

Proof

The key idea of the proof is to swing f0 from the first factor Rn to the second factor Rn, and then swing back, gradually changing f0 to f1.