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Topics on space-time topology II

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Closed, compact, oriented, Lorentzian four-manifolds are investigated using elementary cobordism theory. The groups of cobordism classes of such manifolds under various cobordism relations are calculated. Oriented vector cobordism classes form an infinite free cyclic group and oriented cobordism classes form a subgroup of index two in the four-dimensional oriented cobordism group. The properties of compact five-manifolds bounded by closed, compact, oriented, Lorentzian four-manifolds are investigated and some speculations made on their possible interpretation.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, The University of Durham, South Road, Durham, England

    George S. Whiston

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Whiston, G.S. Topics on space-time topology II. Int J Theor Phys 11, 341–351 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01808089

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