Topological finiteness theorems for manifolds in Gromov-Hausdorff space

DOI10.1215/S0012-7094-94-07404-8zbMath0824.53040MaRDI QIDQ1331689

Steven C. Ferry

Publication date: 30 October 1995

Published in: Duke Mathematical Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1215/s0012-7094-94-07404-8

zbMATH Keywords

surgery exact sequence; Gromov-Hausdorff space; contractibility function; finiteness problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

53C23: Global geometric and topological methods (à la Gromov); differential geometric analysis on metric spaces

57R67: Surgery obstructions, Wall groups

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