A surgery representation of 3-dimensional homology spheres

  • Qing Zhou*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

It is proved that for any 3-dimensional homology sphere M, there is a sequence of homology spheres M0, M1, ⋯ , Ms such that M0 = S3, Ms = M and each Mi is a result of ±1 surgery of Mi-1 along a knot.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)435-438
Number of pages4
JournalChinese Annals of Mathematics. Series B
Volume18
Issue number4
StatePublished - 1997

Keywords

  • 3-dimensional homology sphere
  • Knot
  • Surgery

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