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Spherical Modifications and the Strong Category of Manifolds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

M. V. Mielke
M. V. Mielke
Affiliation:
Univ. of MiamiCoral Gables, Fla.
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Using the notion of spherical modification and results from Morse theory a general technique is described for constructing manifolds whose strong category is small (≦ 3) but whose homological structure is complex.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 9 , Issue 3-4 , May 1969 , pp. 449 - 454
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1969

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