Oriented cobordism of oriented submanifolds

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Definition

Suppose M1 and M2 are oriented submanifolds of an oriented manifold N. An oriented cobordism from M1 to M2 is an oriented submanifold with boundary inside P×I, that gives a cobordism between M1×{0} and M2×{1} (and such that the orientations match on the boundary).