2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/152051We prove that any two smooth h-cobordant simply-connected 4-manifolds can be obtained by taking two manifolds with boundary, one of which is contractible, and gluing them along the boundary via two different attaching maps.AMS-LaTeX, 12pt, psfig, amsart, 9 pages, 7 figures. Files CuspMove.ps, FingerMove.ps, Kirby.ps, S2xS2.ps, SPMXY1.ps, SPMXY2.ps, Trick.ps containing pictures are needed for compilation. They should be placed in the same directory as the main TeX fileDifferential GeometryQuantum AlgebraA Decomposition of Smooth Simply-connected h-Cobordant 4-Manifoldstext