Lectures on the H-Cobordism Theorem / / John Milnor.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Milnor, John,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1965
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 2258
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (124 p.)

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.Originally published in 1965.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Introduction -- Contents -- Section 1. The Cobordism Category -- Section 2. Morse Functions -- Section 3. Elementary Cobordisms -- Section 4. Rearrangement of CobordlBms -- Section 5. A Cancellation Theorem -- Section 6. A Stronger Cancellation Theorem -- Section 7. cancellation of Critical Points in the Middle Dimensions -- Sections 8. Elimination of Critical Points of Index 0 end 1 -- Section 9. The h-Cobordism Theorem end Some Applications -- References