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On the stable classification of certain 4-manifolds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

Alberto Cavicchioli ,
Friedrich Hegenbarth  and
Dušan Repovš
Alberto Cavicchioli
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di MatematicaUniversità di Modena41100 ModenaItaly, e-mail: Dipmat@imoax1.unimo.it
Friedrich Hegenbarth
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di MatematicaUniversità di Milano20133 MilanoItaly, e-mail: Dipmat@imiucca.csi.unimi.it
Dušan Repovš
Affiliation:
Institute of MathematicsPhysics and MechanicsUniversity of LjubljanaLjubljana 61111Slovenia, e-mail: Dusan.Repovs@unilj.si
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We study the s-cobordism type of closed orientable (smooth or PL) 4–manifolds with free or surface fundamental groups. We prove stable classification theorems for these classes of manifolds by using surgery theory.

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Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 52 , Issue 3 , December 1995 , pp. 385 - 398
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1995

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