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A calculus for framed links inS 3

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of California, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Robion Kirby

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Dedicated to Arnold Kas

Partially supported by the Miller Institute for Basic Research, Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques, and the National Science Foundation

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Kirby, R. A calculus for framed links inS 3 . Invent Math 45, 35–56 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01406222

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