Equivalence of a bridged link calculus and Kirby's calculus of links on nonsimply connected 3-manifolds

Topology and its Applications

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 155-162

  Kerler, Thomas ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 manifolds with boundary; Links in nonsimply connected manifolds; Surgery presentations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009034144     PISSN: 0016660X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0166-8641(97)00168-5     Document Type: Article

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