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Dehn surgery

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In topology, a branch of mathematics, a Dehn surgery, named after Max Dehn, is a construction used to modify 3-manifolds. [1]

32 relations: Acta Mathematica, Andrew H. Wallace, Closed manifold, Cobordism, Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici, Connected space, Curve, Diffeomorphism, Fundamental group, Graduate Studies in Mathematics, Handle decomposition, Homeomorphism, Homotopy, Hyperbolic Dehn surgery, Inventiones Mathematicae, Kirby calculus, Knot complement, Lickorish–Wallace theorem, Link (knot theory), Max Dehn, Morse theory, Orientability, Seifert surface, Solid torus, Surgery theory, Topology, Topology (journal), Tubular neighborhood, Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, W. B. R. Lickorish, 3-manifold, 3-sphere.

Acta Mathematica

Acta Mathematica is a peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal covering research in all fields of mathematics.

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Andrew H. Wallace

Andrew Hugh Wallace (1926 – 18 January 2008) was a Scottish-American mathematician.

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Closed manifold

In mathematics, a closed manifold is a type of topological space, namely a compact manifold without boundary.

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Cobordism

In mathematics, cobordism is a fundamental equivalence relation on the class of compact manifolds of the same dimension, set up using the concept of the boundary (French bord, giving cobordism) of a manifold.

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Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici

The Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici is a peer-reviewed scientific journal in mathematics.

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Connected space

In topology and related branches of mathematics, a connected space is a topological space that cannot be represented as the union of two or more disjoint nonempty open subsets.

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Curve

In mathematics, a curve (also called a curved line in older texts) is, generally speaking, an object similar to a line but that need not be straight.

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Diffeomorphism

In mathematics, a diffeomorphism is an isomorphism of smooth manifolds.

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Fundamental group

In the mathematical field of algebraic topology, the fundamental group is a mathematical group associated to any given pointed topological space that provides a way to determine when two paths, starting and ending at a fixed base point, can be continuously deformed into each other.

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Graduate Studies in Mathematics

Graduate Studies in Mathematics (GSM) is a series of graduate-level textbooks in mathematics published by the American Mathematical Society (AMS).

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Handle decomposition

In mathematics, a handle decomposition of an m-manifold M is a union where each M_i is obtained from M_ by the attaching of i-handles.

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Homeomorphism

In the mathematical field of topology, a homeomorphism or topological isomorphism or bi continuous function is a continuous function between topological spaces that has a continuous inverse function.

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Homotopy

In topology, two continuous functions from one topological space to another are called homotopic (from Greek ὁμός homós "same, similar" and τόπος tópos "place") if one can be "continuously deformed" into the other, such a deformation being called a homotopy between the two functions.

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Hyperbolic Dehn surgery

In mathematics, hyperbolic Dehn surgery is an operation by which one can obtain further hyperbolic 3-manifolds from a given cusped hyperbolic 3-manifold.

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Inventiones Mathematicae

Inventiones Mathematicae is a mathematical journal published monthly by Springer Science+Business Media.

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Kirby calculus

In mathematics, the Kirby calculus in geometric topology, named after Robion Kirby, is a method for modifying framed links in the 3-sphere using a finite set of moves, the Kirby moves.

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Knot complement

In mathematics, the knot complement of a tame knot K is the three-dimensional space surrounding the knot.

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Lickorish–Wallace theorem

In mathematics, the Lickorish–Wallace theorem in the theory of 3-manifolds states that any closed, orientable, connected 3-manifold may be obtained by performing Dehn surgery on a framed link in the 3-sphere with ±1 surgery coefficients.

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Link (knot theory)

In mathematical knot theory, a link is a collection of knots which do not intersect, but which may be linked (or knotted) together.

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Max Dehn

Max Wilhelm Dehn (November 13, 1878 – June 27, 1952) was a German-born American mathematician and student of David Hilbert.

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Morse theory

"Morse function" redirects here.

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Orientability

In mathematics, orientability is a property of surfaces in Euclidean space that measures whether it is possible to make a consistent choice of surface normal vector at every point.

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Seifert surface

In mathematics, a Seifert surface (named after German mathematician Herbert Seifert) is a surface whose boundary is a given knot or link.

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Solid torus

In mathematics, a solid torus is the topological space formed by sweeping a disk around a circle.

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Surgery theory

In mathematics, specifically in geometric topology, surgery theory is a collection of techniques used to produce one finite-dimensional manifold from another in a 'controlled' way, introduced by.

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Topology

In mathematics, topology (from the Greek τόπος, place, and λόγος, study) is concerned with the properties of space that are preserved under continuous deformations, such as stretching, crumpling and bending, but not tearing or gluing.

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Topology (journal)

Topology was a peer-reviewed mathematical journal covering topology and geometry.

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Tubular neighborhood

In mathematics, a tubular neighborhood of a submanifold of a smooth manifold is an open set around it resembling the normal bundle.

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Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin

Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin (Russian: Влади́мир Абра́мович Ро́хлин) (23 August 1919 – 3 December 1984) was a Soviet mathematician, who made numerous contributions in algebraic topology, geometry, measure theory, probability theory, ergodic theory and entropy theory.

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W. B. R. Lickorish

William Bernard Raymond Lickorish (born 19 February 1938) is a mathematician.

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3-manifold

In mathematics, a 3-manifold is a space that locally looks like Euclidean 3-dimensional space.

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3-sphere

In mathematics, a 3-sphere, or glome, is a higher-dimensional analogue of a sphere.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehn_surgery

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