Lectures on the h-Cobordism Theorem
Author | : John Milnor |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 125 |
Release | : 2025-03-25 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780691273716 |
ISBN-13 | : 0691273715 |
Rating | : 4/5 (715 Downloads) |
Download or read book Lectures on the h-Cobordism Theorem written by John Milnor and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2025-03-25 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.