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2001 $h$–cobordisms between 1–connected 4–manifolds
Matthias Kreck
Geom. Topol. 5(1): 1-6 (2001). DOI: 10.2140/gt.2001.5.1

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.

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Matthias Kreck. "$h$–cobordisms between 1–connected 4–manifolds." Geom. Topol. 5 (1) 1 - 6, 2001. https://doi.org/10.2140/gt.2001.5.1

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Received: 20 October 2000; Revised: 9 January 2001; Accepted: 12 January 2001; Published: 2001
First available in Project Euclid: 21 December 2017

zbMATH: 1002.57072
MathSciNet: MR1812433
Digital Object Identifier: 10.2140/gt.2001.5.1

Subjects:
Primary: 57R80
Secondary: 55N45 , 57N13 , 57Q20

Keywords: 4–manifolds , smooth $h$–cobordisms , surgery

Rights: Copyright © 2001 Mathematical Sciences Publishers

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