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Timeline for "canonical" framing of 3-manifolds

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Dec 8, 2023 at 0:36 answer added Chris Gerig timeline score: 3
Dec 7, 2023 at 13:06 answer added Marco Golla timeline score: 3
Dec 7, 2023 at 6:43 comment added Ryan Budney And of course, the two mean different things by "framing".
Dec 7, 2023 at 6:36 comment added Ryan Budney Presumably the short answer is Witten did not know of a canonical framing at the time, and then Atiyah showed him one.
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