Lectures on the H-Cobordism Theorem (Princeton Legacy Library): 2258 - Softcover

Milnor, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0691624550 ISBN 13: 9780691624556

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2015

Synopsis

These lectures provide students and specialists with preliminary and valuable information from university courses and seminars in mathematics. This set gives new proof of the h-cobordism theorem that is different from the original proof presented by S. Smale.

Originally published in 1965.

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"John Willard Milnor, Winner of the 2011 Leroy P. Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement, American Mathematical Society"

"John Milnor, Winner of the 2011 Abel Prize from the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters"

Edition details

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691624550
• ISBN 13: 9780691624556
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 124