Non-compact manifold with compact boundary

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What is an example of a non-compact manifold with compact boundary?

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It seems that $[0;\infty)$ is the required example.

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A non-compact manifold without boundary would work, as the empty set is compact.

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Another example: take your favorite non-compact manifold without boundary, and remove an open ball from it. Then the boundary of the result is a sphere.