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A weak 4-dimensional s-cobordism theorem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

C. B. Thomas
C. B. Thomas
Affiliation:
University of Hull
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In this note we prove a gloss on the usual s-cobordism theorem, which may be of interest, since it holds one dimension lower than the theorem itself. Our result is that every s-cobordism is its own left and right inverse in the groupoid of all h-cobordisms, studied by Stallings in (3).

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 67 , Issue 3 , May 1970 , pp. 549 - 551
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1970

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