ABSTRACT
In this chapter we will use the strong noncollapsing result (Theorem 8.2.1) to clarify and simplify another key part of the proof of the Poincare´ conjecture, namely that there are only finitely many surgeries in finite time.
In this chapter we will use the strong noncollapsing result (Theorem 8.2.1) to clarify and simplify another key part of the proof of the Poincare´ conjecture, namely that there are only finitely many surgeries in finite time.