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arxiv: 1103.3137 · v2 · pith:MHDXSPWTnew · submitted 2011-03-16 · 🧮 math.GT · math.SG

Double knot surgeries to S⁴ and S² x S²

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It is known that S^4 is a union of two fishtails, and S^2 x S^2 is a union of two cusps (glued along their boundaries). Here we prove that, for any choice of knots K,L in S^3, performing knot surgery operations to S^4 and S^2 x S^2, along both of the fishtails and cusps, respectively, do not change the diffeomorphism type of these manifolds.

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