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Rational surgery calculus: extension of Kirby’s theorem

Dale Rolfsen

Vol. 110 (1984), No. 2, 377–386
Abstract

Every 3-dimensional closed orientable manifold may be constructed by surgery on the 3-sphere as introduced by M. Dehn. We are concerned in this paper with answering the question: when do two surgery schemes actually produce the same 3-manifold?

Mathematical Subject Classification 2000
Primary: 57M25
Secondary: 57N10
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Received: 25 May 1982
Published: 1 February 1984
Authors
Dale Rolfsen
Mathematics Department
University of British Columbia
1984 Mathematics Road
Vancouver BC V6T 1Z2
Canada
http://www.math.ubc.ca/~rolfsen/