A note on the homotopical characterization of Rn

Título alternativo	Una nota sobre la caracterización homotópica de Rn
Autor/es	Ayala Gómez, Rafael Quintero Toscano, Antonio Rafael
Departamento	Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Geometría y Topología
Fecha	1992
Publicado en	Collectanea Mathematica, 43 (3), 191-196.
Resumen	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.
Cita	Ayala Gómez, R. y Quintero Toscano, A.R. (1992). A note on the homotopical characterization of Rn. Collectanea Mathematica, 43 (3), 191-196.