Lectures on the h-Cobordism Theorem

These lectures provide students and specialists with preliminary and valuable information from university courses and seminars in mathematics. This set gives new proof of the h-cobordism theorem that is different from the original proof presented by S. Smale.

Originally published in 1965.

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Awards and Recognition

• John Milnor, Winner of the 2011 Abel Prize from the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
• John Willard Milnor, Winner of the 2011 Leroy P. Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement, American Mathematical Society