Applications of Decomposition Theorems to Trivializing h-Cobordisms
- 1 September 1977
- journal article
- Published by Canadian Mathematical Society in Canadian Mathematical Bulletin
- Vol. 20 (3) , 389-391
- https://doi.org/10.4153/cmb-1977-058-x
Abstract
A geometric proof is presented that, under certain restrictions, the product of an h-cobordism with a closed manifold of Euler characteristic zero is a product cobordism. The results utilize open book decompositions and round handle decompositions of manifolds.Keywords
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