Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4658673 | Topology and its Applications | 2014 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
It is known that the long line supports 2ℵ12ℵ1 many non-diffeomorphic differential structures. We show that the long plane supports a similar number of exotic differential structures, i.e. structures which are not merely diffeomorphic to the product of two structures on the factor spaces.
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Authors
Sunanda Dikshit, David Gauld,