The manipulation of Dehn surgery descriptions by a certain set of operations.
Kirby Calculus
See also
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References
Adams, C. C. The Knot Book: An Elementary Introduction to the Mathematical Theory of Knots. New York: W. H. Freeman, p. 263, 1994.Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha
Kirby CalculusCite this as:
Weisstein, Eric W. "Kirby Calculus." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/KirbyCalculus.html