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Kirby move

English

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Etymology

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After Robion Kirby (born 1938), American topologist.

Noun

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Kirby move (plural Kirby moves)

  1. (mathematics) Any of the moves used in the Kirby calculus for modifying framed links in the 3-sphere.
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