Knot surgery and primeness
1986 ◽
Vol 99
(1)
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pp. 89-102
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The aim of this paper is to prove some new results towards answering the question: When does Dehn surgery on a knot give a non-prime manifold? This question has been raised on several occasions (see for instance [5] or [4]; concerning the latter see below). Recall that a 3-manifold is prime if, in any connected sum decompositionone of M1, M2 is S3. (For standard definitions of low-dimensional topology see [2] or [16].)
1980 ◽
Vol 3
(3)
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pp. 1049-1053
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1998 ◽
Vol 88
(1-2)
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pp. 3-25
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1991 ◽
Vol 43
(1)
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pp. 158-181
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