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

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 Princeto...

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