A controlled-topology proof of the product structure theorem

DOI10.1007/S10711-009-9406-XzbMATH Open1204.57024arXivmath/0610131OpenAlexW2154077816MaRDI QIDQ711650FDOQ711650

Authors: Frank Quinn 

Publication date: 27 October 2010

Published in: Geometriae Dedicata (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The controlled end and h-cobrodism theorems (Ends of maps I, 1979) are used to give quick proofs of the Top/PL and PL/DIFF product structure theorems.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0610131

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zbMATH Keywords

smooth structuresHauptvermutungPL structuresproduct structure theorem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Comparison of PL-structures: classification, Hauptvermutung (57Q25)

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