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Suppose $K$ is a knot in $S^3$ with any framing and $m=m_0$ is its meridian with $-1$ framing. Suppose $m_1,\dots,m_{p-1}$ are unknots with framings $-2$, such that $m_{i-1}$ and $m_i$ are linked as a ...

It may be a simple question but I wonder to ask: Is it possible to draw a homology cobordism between $3$-manifolds by using the techniques of Kirby calculus? At least, for instance, Brieskorn ...

I have questions about Akbulut and Kirby's paper Mazur manifolds. I couldn't figure out the following equality passages: Any help will be appreciated.

It is well known that any orientable closed 3-manifold $M$ admits an Heegaard splitting $M = H_1\cup H_2$ where $H_i$ is an handlebody of genus $g$. It is also well known that such an $M$ is the ...

Every orientable 3-manifold can be obtained from the 3-sphere by doing surgery along a framed link. Kirby's theorem says that the surgery along two framed links gives homeomorphic manifolds if and ...