English Explanatory Dictionary

Kirby calculus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A method in geometric topology for modifying framed links in the 3-sphere using a finite set of moves (the Kirby moves).

Word forms

Kirby calculus

Etymology

After Robion Kirby (born 1938), American topologist.

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