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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 October 2008
The main result proved in this paper can be stated as follows:
Theorem. Let Mnbe a closed l-connected topological manifold of dimension n ≥ 5. Then M × R carries a differentiable (respectively aPL) structure if and only if M × S1carries a differentiable (respectively aPL) structure.