A note on the homotopical characterization of Rn

Título alternativo	Una nota sobre la caracterización homotópica de Rn
Author	Ayala Gómez, Rafael Quintero Toscano, Antonio Rafael
Department	Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Geometría y Topología
Date	1992
Published in	Collectanea Mathematica, 43 (3), 191-196.
Abstract	This note gives conditions which assure that the one-point compactification of an open manifold is a manifold. This result is used to show that the homotopical characterization of Rn (n ≥ 4) can be derived from the Poincaré Conjecture.
Citation	Ayala Gómez, R. y Quintero Toscano, A.R. (1992). A note on the homotopical characterization of Rn. Collectanea Mathematica, 43 (3), 191-196.