h-cobordisms between 1-connected 4-manifolds

Abstract

In this note we classify the diffeomorphism classes rel. boundary of smooth h-cobordisms between two fixed 1-connected 4-manifolds in terms of isometries between the intersection forms.

Published by Geometry and Topology at http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/gt/GTVol5/paper1.abs.html Version 2: reference to previous work of T Lawson added

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