Kragujevac J. Math. 26 (2004) 49-60.

SMOOTH STRUCTURES ON p-MANIFOLDS

Samuel Omoloye Ajala

Department of Mathematics, University of Lagos, Akoka - Yaba, Lagos NIGERIA

Abstract. In this paper, we give a simple classification of smooth structures on closed (m - 1)-connected 2m-dimensional p-manifold M2m. We will use the above to show that the number of smooth structures on M2m × S2m changes significantly.