Lens spaces and Dehn surgery
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Abstract:
The question of when a lens space arises by Dehn surgery is discussed with a characterization given for satellite knots. The lens space $L\left ( {2,1} \right )$, i.e. real projective $3$-space, is shown to be unobtainable by surgery on a symmetric knot.References
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- © Copyright 1989 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 107 (1989), 1127-1131
- MSC: Primary 57N10; Secondary 57M25
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1989-0984783-3
- MathSciNet review: 984783