Book Details

Lectures on the H-Cobordism Theorem
ISBN 9780691651132
Pages 124
Year 2016
Edition 0
Publisher PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
Subject MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS
Description
These lectures provide students and specialists with preliminary and valuable information from university courses and seminars in mathematics. This set gives new proof of the h-cobordism theorem that is different from the original proof presented by S. Smale.
About Author(s)
JOHN MILNOR
Content
Contents
Introduction
The Cobordism Category
Morse Functions
Elementary Cobordisms
Rearrangement of Cobordisms
A Cancellation Theorem
A Stronger Cancellation Theorem
Cancellation of Critical Point in the Middle Dimensions
Elimination of Critical Points of Index 0 and 1
The h-Cobordism Theorem and Some Applications
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