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