A geometrical presentation of the surface mapping class group and surgery

DOI10.1007/BF02173428zbMath0807.57013OpenAlexW2007299532MaRDI QIDQ1319915

Sergey V. Matveev, Michael Polyak

Publication date: 1 March 1995

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02173428

zbMATH Keywords

mapping class groupHeegaard splittingsframed linksorientable surfaceKirby moves\(2n\)-tangles

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Braid groups; Artin groups (20F36) Fundamental groups and their automorphisms (group-theoretic aspects) (20F34)

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