Lectures on the H-Cobordism Theorem

by John Milnor

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691273723
• ISBN13: 9780691273723
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 128 Pages