Lectures on the H-Cobordism Theorem
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.
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| Language: | English |
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Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton University Press
2015, ©1965
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| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library
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| Collection: | DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
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