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lickorish-wallace theorem

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lick-o-r-ish-wal-lace the-o-rem
IPA
42
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
8
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

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The theorem that any closed, orientable, connected 3-manifold may be obtained by performing Dehn surgery on a framed link in the 3-sphere with ±1 surgery coefficients, and that each component of the link can be assumed to be unknotted.

Etymology

The theorem was proved independently in the early 1960s by W. B. R. Lickorish and Andrew H. Wallace.

Questions

What does lickorish-wallace theorem mean?
The theorem that any closed, orientable, connected 3-manifold may be obtained by performing Dehn surgery on a framed link in the 3-sphere with ±1 surgery coefficients, and that each component of the link can be assumed to be unknotted.
Where does lickorish-wallace theorem come from?
The theorem was proved independently in the early 1960s by W. B. R. Lickorish and Andrew H. Wallace.

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