<?xml version="1.0" encoding='utf-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE wml PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD WML 1.1//EN" "http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/wml_1.1.xml">
<wml>
<card id="card1" title="Dehn surgery - Page 1 - Wikipedia">
<p>
<a accesskey="3" href="page.php?w=Dehn_surgery&amp;p=2">3.Next</a>
</p>
<p>In <a href="page.php?w=topology">topology</a>, a branch of mathematics, a <b>Dehn surgery</b>, named after <a href="page.php?w=Max_Dehn">Max Dehn</a>, is a construction used to modify <a href="page.php?w=3-manifold">3-manifold</a>s.  The process takes as input a 3-manifold together with a <a href="page.php?w=link_%28knot_theory%29">link</a>.  It is often conceptualized as two steps: drilling then filling.</p>

<p><big>Definitions</big></p>
<p>
* Given a <a href="page.php?w=3-manifold">3-manifold</a>  and a <a href="page.php?w=link_%28knot_theory%29">link</a></p><p>
<a accesskey="3" href="page.php?w=Dehn_surgery&amp;p=2">3.Next</a>
</p>

<do type="prev" label="Search">
        <go href="search.wml"/>
</do>

</card>
</wml>
