Constructing lens spaces by surgery on knots

A calculus for framed links inS 3

Robion Kirby · Inventiones mathematicae · 1978 · 435 citations

Natural Sciences, Computer Science, Mathematics +8

Elementary surgery along a torus knot

Louise E. Moser · Pacific Journal of Mathematics · 1971 · 374 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Surgery, Surgical Anatomy Of The Head +8

An unexpected surgery construction of a lens space

James E. Bailey, Dale Rolfsen · Pacific Journal of Mathematics · 1977 · 55 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Surgery +7

Heegaard splittings of prime $3$-manifolds are not unique.

Joan S. Birman, F. González-Acu na, José María Montesinos · The Michigan Mathematical Journal · 1976 · 40 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Combinatorics +12