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A proof of Lickorish and Wallace's theorem

Geometric Topology 2013-06-07 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we give a simple proof of Lickorish and Wallace's theorem, which states that every closed orientable 3-manifold is obtained by surgery on some link in 3-sphere.

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@article{arxiv.1306.1376,
  title  = {A proof of Lickorish and Wallace's theorem},
  author = {Qiang E and Fengchun Lei and Fengling Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1306.1376},
  year   = {2013}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures