## Geometry & Topology

### $h$–cobordisms between 1–connected 4–manifolds

Matthias Kreck

#### Abstract

In this note we classify the diffeomorphism classes rel. boundary of smooth $h$–cobordisms between two fixed 1–connected 4–manifolds in terms of isometries between the intersection forms.

#### Article information

Source
Geom. Topol., Volume 5, Number 1 (2001), 1-6.

Dates
Revised: 9 January 2001
Accepted: 12 January 2001
First available in Project Euclid: 21 December 2017

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.gt/1513882982

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.2140/gt.2001.5.1

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR1812433

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1002.57072

#### Citation

Kreck, Matthias. $h$–cobordisms between 1–connected 4–manifolds. Geom. Topol. 5 (2001), no. 1, 1--6. doi:10.2140/gt.2001.5.1. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.gt/1513882982

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