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The topological s-cobordism theorem fails in dimension 4 or 5

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

T. Matumoto  and
L. Siebenmann
T. Matumoto
Affiliation:
Kyoto University and Université de Paris-Sud, Orsay
L. Siebenmann
Affiliation:
Kyoto University and Université de Paris-Sud, Orsay
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Although examples have been known since 1969 [Si], which reveal a quite similar failure of the differentiable and piecewise-linear s-cobordism theorems, these did not immediately suggest any topological failure.

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 84 , Issue 1 , July 1978 , pp. 85 - 87
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1978

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