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Dehn surgery

Dehn surgery noun: the removal of a solid torus from a 3-dimensional manifold, followed by its being replaced via a homeomorphism of its boundary.

Noun

Dehn surgery (countable and uncountable, plural Dehn surgeries)

  1. The removal of a solid torus from a 3-dimensional manifold, followed by its being replaced via a homeomorphism of its boundary.
  2. (specifically) The same, but with the manifold in question being the 3-dimensional sphere.

Forms of Dehn surgery

pluralDehn surgeries

Origin of Dehn surgery

Named after Max Dehn.

Questions about Dehn surgery

What does Dehn surgery mean?
Dehn surgery means the removal of a solid torus from a 3-dimensional manifold, followed by its being replaced via a homeomorphism of its boundary.
What part of speech is Dehn surgery?
Dehn surgery is a noun.
What is the plural of Dehn surgery?
The plural of Dehn surgery is Dehn surgeries.

Words near Dehn surgery in the dictionary

  1. Dehlers
  2. Dehlin
  3. Dehlins
  4. Dehn
  5. Dehn surgeries
  6. Dehn surgery
  7. Dehnert
  8. Dehnerts
  9. Dehns
  10. dehnstufe
  11. dehonestate

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