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Kirby_calculus
Kirby calculus
English
Noun
Kirby
calculus
(
uncountable
)
(
mathematics
)
A method in
geometric
topology
for modifying framed links in the 3-
sphere
using a
finite
set of moves (the
Kirby moves
).
Etymology
After
Robion Kirby
(born 1938), American topologist.
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