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h-Cobordism

An $h$-cobordism is a Cobordism $W$ between two Manifolds $M_1$ and $M_2$ such that $W$ is Simply Connected and the inclusion maps $M_1\to W$ and $M_2\to W$ are Homotopy equivalences.




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-25