Summary: Visualising 4-manifolds
Selman Akbulut
July 30, 2011
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4-manifold as a handlebody (Morse function)
A k-handle is just a ball B4 = Bk
× B4-k (k = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4) attached
along Bk × B4-k = Sk-1 × B4-k .
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Source: Akbulut, Selman - Department of Mathematics, Michigan State University

Collections: Mathematics