| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9516799 | Topology and its Applications | 2005 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
It is known that if one of the factors of a decomposition of a manifold into Cartesian product is an interval then the decomposition is not unique. We prove that the decomposition of a 4-manifold (possibly with boundary) into 2-dimensional factors is unique, provided that the factors are not products of 1-manifolds.
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Authors
J. MaleÅ¡iÄ, D. RepovÅ¡, W. Rosicki, A. Zastrow,