A decomposition theorem for \(h\)-cobordant smooth simply-connected compact \(4\)-manifolds

DOI10.1007/s002220050031zbMath0843.57020OpenAlexW4236458155MaRDI QIDQ1909577

Wu-Chung Hsiang, Richard A. Stong, Cynthia L. Curtis, Michael Hartley Freedman

Publication date: 18 August 1996

Published in: Inventiones Mathematicae (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://eudml.org/doc/144350

zbMATH Keywords

4-manifoldhomotopy 4-spheres\(h\)-cobordant

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

(h)- and (s)-cobordism (57R80)

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