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On a distance function between Differentiable structures*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2016

Yoshihiro Shikata
Yoshihiro Shikata*
Affiliation:
Nagoya University
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In this note, we investigate a relation between the connected sum of manifolds and the distance of manifolds ([2]). Since the smoothing of a piecewise linear equivalence is given by connected sum of exotic spheres ([1]), we have a certain estimate of the smoothing obstruction using the distance of manifolds (Proposition 3). In § 3, an application is given to show the impossibility of the 0.64-pinching of an exotic sphere.

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Research Article
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Nagoya Mathematical Journal , Volume 56 , January 1975 , pp. 53 - 60
Copyright
Copyright © Editorial Board of Nagoya Mathematical Journal 1975

References

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