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arxiv: 1102.1288 · v2 · pith:WRPL4E5Vnew · submitted 2011-02-07 · 🧮 math.GT

A finite set of local moves for Kirby calculus

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We exhibit a finite set of local moves that connect any two surgery presentations of the same 3-manifold via framed links in the three-sphere. The moves are handle-slides and blow-downs/ups of a particular simple kind.

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