Smoothing a topological manifold (Q1862067)

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    10 March 2003
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    Using dynamical systems methods the author gives a new proof of the well-known Cairns-Whitehead Theorem. This approach permits to find a numerical sufficient condition for smoothability of topological manifolds in terms of a Lipschitz constant. Since non-smoothable Lipschitz manifolds exist the author puts forward the problem to determine the exact value of a numerical barrier for smoothability.
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    smoothability
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    lipeomorphism
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    slope
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    graph transform
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    Cairns-Whitehead theorem
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