Lectures on the h-Cobordism Theorem
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Lectures on the h-Cobordism Theorem

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Lectures on the h-Cobordism Theorem

About this book

Important lectures on differential topology by acclaimed mathematician John Milnor

These are notes from lectures that John Milnor delivered as a seminar on differential topology in 1963 at Princeton University. These lectures give a new proof of the h-cobordism theorem that is different from the original proof presented by Stephen Smale. Milnor's goal was to provide a fully rigorous proof in terms of Morse functions. This book remains an important resource in the application of Morse theory.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. 0. Introduction
  5. Contents
  6. 1. The Cobordism Category
  7. 2. Morse Functions
  8. 3. Elementary Cobordisms
  9. 4. Rearrangement of Cobordisms
  10. 5. A Cancellation Theorem
  11. 6. A Stronger Cancellation Theorem
  12. 7. Cancellation of Critical Points in the Middle Dimensions
  13. 8. Elimination of Critical Points of Index 0 and 1
  14. 9. The h-Cobordism Theorem and Some Applications
  15. References