Minimal handle decomposition of smooth simply connected 5-manifolds

2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/78003A theorem on the existence of the unique minimal topologic handle decomposition of differentiable simply connected five-dimensional manifolds is proved. For a decomposition of this sort, the number of handles of each index is given.Geometric TopologyDifferential Geometry58E05, 57R65 (57R70, 57R80)Minimal handle decomposition of smooth simply connected 5-manifoldstext