Dehn surgery

English

Etymology

Named after Max Dehn.

Noun

Dehn surgery (countable and uncountable, plural Dehn surgeries)

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

Translations

replacement of solid torus

• Danish: Dehnkirurgi c