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Imbedding four-manifolds and slicing links

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Daniel Ruberman
Affiliation:
University of California, Berkeley

Extract

At the 1977 Georgia Topology Conference, Cappell and Shaneson(6) announced the following theorem.

Let M be a closed oriented smooth four-manifold.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1982

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