nLab h-cobordism

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Idea

An h-cobordism is a cobordism such that the two boundary inclusionsΣ 1,Σ 2Σ\Sigma_1, \Sigma_2 \hookrightarrow \Sigma are homotopy equivalences.

Properties

h-Cobordism theorem

The h-cobordism theorem gives sufficient conditions for an h-cobordism to be equivalent to a cylinder.

References

See also

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