Lectures on the h-Cobordism Theorem

Download or read book Lectures on the h-Cobordism Theorem written by John Milnor and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2025-03-25 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Important lectures on differential topology by acclaimed mathematician John Milnor These are notes from lectures that John Milnor delivered as a seminar on differential topology in 1963 at Princeton University. These lectures give a new proof of the h-cobordism theorem that is different from the original proof presented by Stephen Smale. Milnor's goal was to provide a fully rigorous proof in terms of Morse functions. This book remains an important resource in the application of Morse theory.