Definition:Cobordism/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Cobordism
The concept of cobordism was devised by René Frédéric Thom in $1954$, who established necessary and sufficient conditions for two manifolds to be cobordant.
This work was extended by John Willard Milnor in $1960$ and Charles Terence Clegg Wall, also in $1960$.
Sources
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): cobordism
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): cobordism