John Milnor's book "Lectures on the h-Cobordism Theorem"

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mathematics book monograph

John Milnor's "Lectures on the h-Cobordism Theorem" is a classic monograph in differential topology that gives a clear, rigorous exposition of the h-cobordism theorem and its applications to the classification of high-dimensional manifolds.

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instanceOf	mathematics book ⓘ monograph ⓘ
academicDiscipline	pure mathematics ⓘ
author	John Milnor NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	lectures by John Milnor ⓘ
contains	applications of the h-cobordism theorem ⓘ proof of the h-cobordism theorem ⓘ
countryOfPublication	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
field	differential topology ⓘ
focusesOn	classification of high-dimensional manifolds ⓘ
format	print ⓘ
hasAuthor	John Milnor NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	study of high-dimensional manifold topology ⓘ surgery theory in topology ⓘ
intendedAudience	graduate students in mathematics ⓘ researchers in topology ⓘ
isClassicIn	differential topology literature ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
length	short monograph ⓘ
mainTopic	cobordism theory ⓘ h-cobordism theorem NERFINISHED ⓘ high-dimensional manifolds ⓘ
notableFor	clarity of exposition ⓘ influence on differential topology ⓘ
originalPublicationYear	1965 ⓘ
provides	rigorous exposition of the h-cobordism theorem ⓘ
publisher	Princeton University Press NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Poincaré conjecture in high dimensions ⓘ s-cobordism theorem ⓘ
series	Princeton Mathematical Notes NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectArea	geometry ⓘ topology ⓘ
uses	handlebody decompositions ⓘ techniques from Morse theory ⓘ

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